B61C 13/00
Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or
Official title: Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or purposes (B61C11/00 takes precedence; self-propelled scaffold cars, break-down cranes, inspection trolleys B61D15/00; general design of track recording vehicles B61K9/00)
B61C13/00 (Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or) appears on 184 US grants and 116 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61C- Granted patents
- 184
- Published applications
- 116
- Assignees
- 126
- Inventors
- 373
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 16 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15 |
| 2026 | 6 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B61C 13/04Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or129
- B61C 13/06Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or5
- B61C 13/02Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or3
- B61C 13/08Locomotives or motor railcars characterised by their application to special systems or3
Recent patents
- Contactless power feeder15 Sep 2026US 12,738,769 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- End cab switcher locomotive4 Aug 2026US 12,698,012 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Self-contained power source for railcars28 Jul 2026US 12,691,913 B2Intramotev Inc.
- Hybrid train energy delivery system14 Jul 2026US 12,679,425 B1AmeTrade, Inc.
- Rail feature identification system7 Apr 2026US 12,597,123 B2Harsco Technologies LLC
- Hybrid Train Energy Delivery System1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296507 A1AmeTrade, Inc.
- Storage and retrieval systems for robotic picking30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216902 A1Nimble Robotics, Inc.
- Warehouse shuttle blocking arrangement30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217290 A1Movu
- Conveyance vehicle system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217460 A1Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- An automated storage and retrieval system with logically operable barriers for safe enter and exit into a transport vehicle, and an associated method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208769 A1Autostore Technology AS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clean tunnel conveying structure57US 4,649,830 ASanki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Carriage with tiltable plates, for sorting machines in particular50US 4,726,464 A1988
- Track-guided transport system with power and data transmission48US 6,089,512 ACegelec AEG Anlagen und Automatisierungstechnik GmbH · 2000
- Transporting system driven by linear motor having inductive power supply42US 5,551,350 ADaifuku Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Modular transportation system with aerodynamic lift augmented traction vehicles36US 4,841,871 A1989