B61B 7/04
Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks: with suspended tracks serving as
Official title: with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables
B61B7/04 (Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks: with suspended tracks serving as) appears on 53 US grants and 52 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61B- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 52
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 78
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
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
- Cableway for transporting goods21 Jul 2026US 12,686,417 B2Innova Patent GmbH
- Ropeway transport system21 Apr 2026US 12,606,218 B2
- Hybrid cable/rail transportation system2 Dec 2025US 12,485,934 B2Leitner S.P.A.
- 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
- Aerial cable transport station, aerial cable transport installation comprising one such station and operating method of one such installation27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360949 A1Poma
- Apparatus and Method for Calibrating an Aerial Movement System8 May 2025US 2025/0147388 A1Cablecam, LLC
- Cable car vertical loop transport system27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100590 A1Vertical Loop Enterprises, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rocker arm assembly for an aerial tramway33US 4,462,314 A1984
- Twin suspension/haulage cable gondola lift23US 4,509,430 A1985
- Ski lift apparatus and safety device22US 4,226,187 ASDI Welding Corporation · 1980
- Rope guide system for an aerial ropeway, particularly a circuital aerial ropeway22US 5,562,040 AGaraventa Holding AG · 1996
- Overhead cable transport installation having two successive sections21US 5,172,640 APomagalski S. A. · 1992