B61B 7/00
Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks
B61B7/00 (Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks) appears on 275 US grants and 289 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61B- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 289
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 406
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 14 | 11 |
| 2025 | 9 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cornering structure and cableway installation comprising this structure29 Sep 2026US 12,746,951 B2Poma
- Circular cableway8 Sep 2026US 12,728,898 B2Innova Patent GmbH
- Device for transport by motorized zipwire, and associated transport assembly and method25 Aug 2026US 12,714,942 B2Pole d' Activities Sportives Culturelles et Touristiques
- Discrete delivery of material11 Aug 2026US 12,703,121 B2Contour Crafting Corporation
- Cable transportation installation with improved safety, method for detecting an event on a cable and method for manufacturing one such installation11 Aug 2026US 12,703,404 B2Poma
- Method for monitoring a cableway23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208771 A1Innova Patent GmbH
- Cableway station with a continuous conveyor26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054752 A1Innova Patent GmbH
- Parking system for cableway vehicles19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048767 A1Innova Patent GmbH
- Motorized trolley15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015016 A1Propulsion Powercycle Inc.
- Aerial cable transport station, aerial cable transport installation comprising one such station and operating method of one such installation27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360949 A1Poma
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cable-suspended apparatus for supporting a stabilized camera assembly67US 5,113,768 A1992
- Trolley for downhill zip line thrill ride49US 8,424,460 B22013
- Zipline braking and motion-arrest system45US 7,381,137 B2Ziptrek Ecotours, Inc. · 2008
- Aerial cableway and method for filming subjects in motion41US 5,224,426 ACablecam Systems Ltd. · 1993
- Suspended motorized vehicle39US 4,641,587 AAteliers de Constructions Mecaniques de Vevey S.A. · 1987