B61C 11/00
Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by the type of means applying the
Official title: Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by the type of means applying the tractive effort; Arrangement or disposition of running gear other than normal driving wheel (constructions wheels B60B)
B61C11/00 (Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by the type of means applying the) appears on 130 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61C- Granted patents
- 130
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 81
- Inventors
- 234
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 4 | 13 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Order preparation or buffer storage system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,891 B2Exotec
- Material handling apparatus for delivering or retrieving items28 Jul 2026US 12,691,470 B2Opex Corporation
- Magnetic traction assist for railcar mover21 Jul 2026US 12,686,418 B2Trackmobile LLC
- Track system with a support member18 Mar 2025US 12,253,156 B2Lear Corporation
- Ultralight two-track train that does not derail4 Mar 2025US 12,240,504 B2
- Conveying unit for the suspended transport of transport elements for conveyed items and a conveying facility with conveying units3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257864 A1Ferag AG
- Device and transport pocket for rotating, opening, filling and unloading transport elements which are conveyed in a suspended manner, for conveying systems3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257866 A1Ferag AG
- Conveyor30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116668 A1
- Roller tensioning assembly25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388243 A14AG Robotics Inc.
- Traction system for moving a robot and its umbilical cable inside pipelines implemented in a robotic system, and method for manufacturing an elastic cylinder with helical projections for the traction system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189067 A1Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for sorting items245US 7,861,844 B2Opex Corporation · 2011
- Material transportation system134US 6,886,651 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2005
- Method and apparatus for delivering items to destination areas115US 8,104,601 B2Opex Corporation · 2012
- Rail vehicles with propulsion energy recovery system101US 4,108,077 A1978
- Material handling apparatus for sorting or retrieving items94US 8,276,740 B2Opex Corporation · 2012