B61D
Body details or kinds of railway vehicles
Official title: BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)
B61D (Body details or kinds of railway vehicles) appears on 4,660 US grants and 3,562 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61D- Granted patents
- 4,660
- Published applications
- 3,562
- Assignees
- 1,646
- Inventors
- 7,300
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 51 | 0 |
| 1977 | 50 | 0 |
| 1978 | 47 | 0 |
| 1979 | 43 | 0 |
| 1980 | 85 | 0 |
| 1981 | 68 | 0 |
| 1982 | 69 | 0 |
| 1983 | 49 | 0 |
| 1984 | 46 | 0 |
| 1985 | 45 | 0 |
| 1986 | 76 | 0 |
| 1987 | 77 | 0 |
| 1988 | 67 | 0 |
| 1989 | 90 | 0 |
| 1990 | 102 | 0 |
| 1991 | 102 | 0 |
| 1992 | 75 | 0 |
| 1993 | 89 | 0 |
| 1994 | 79 | 0 |
| 1995 | 92 | 0 |
| 1996 | 82 | 0 |
| 1997 | 66 | 0 |
| 1998 | 79 | 0 |
| 1999 | 52 | 0 |
| 2000 | 80 | 0 |
| 2001 | 96 | 27 |
| 2002 | 97 | 99 |
| 2003 | 111 | 111 |
| 2004 | 88 | 111 |
| 2005 | 95 | 119 |
| 2006 | 68 | 102 |
| 2007 | 58 | 98 |
| 2008 | 69 | 118 |
| 2009 | 62 | 90 |
| 2010 | 80 | 145 |
| 2011 | 80 | 126 |
| 2012 | 97 | 101 |
| 2013 | 125 | 108 |
| 2014 | 111 | 139 |
| 2015 | 92 | 189 |
| 2016 | 124 | 182 |
| 2017 | 141 | 175 |
| 2018 | 142 | 227 |
| 2019 | 168 | 242 |
| 2020 | 198 | 214 |
| 2021 | 161 | 200 |
| 2022 | 159 | 154 |
| 2023 | 145 | 154 |
| 2024 | 125 | 136 |
| 2025 | 118 | 115 |
| 2026 | 89 | 80 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B61D 17/00Construction details of vehicle bodies1,065
- B61D 3/00Wagons or vans922
- B61D 45/00Means or devices for securing or supporting the cargo, including protection against738
- B61D 7/00Hopper cars567
- B61D 19/00Door arrangements specially adapted for rail vehicles361
- B61D 15/00Body details or kinds of railway vehicles: other railway vehicles334
- B61D 27/00Heating, cooling, ventilating, or air-conditioning267
- B61D 47/00Loading or unloading devices combined with vehicles225
All 24 main groupsShow fewer
- B61D 5/00Tank wagons for carrying fluent materials207
- B61D 33/00Seats198
- B61D 1/00Carriages for ordinary railway passenger traffic135
- B61D 23/00Construction of steps for railway vehicles130
- B61D 39/00Wagon or like covers113
- B61D 35/00Sanitation79
- B61D 37/00Body details or kinds of railway vehicles: other furniture or furnishings78
- B61D 25/00Window arrangements peculiar to rail vehicles72
- B61D 49/00Body details or kinds of railway vehicles: other details71
- B61D 9/00Tipping wagons54
- B61D 43/00Devices for using the energy of the movements of the vehicles52
- B61D 29/00Lighting45
- B61D 13/00Tramway vehicles43
- B61D 31/00Sleeping accommodation20
- B61D 11/00Mine cars19
- B61D 41/00Indicators for reserved seats17
Recent patents
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- Air conditioner for railway vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,820 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Rail vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,821 B2Hitachi, Ltd.
- Article transport device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,952 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Railcar tab gasket and process of manufacture29 Sep 2026US 12,746,953 B2Gasket Resources Incorporated
- Door leaf with unbonded seal8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307687 A1Bode—Die TüR GmbH
- Cleaning routine for a bidet nozzle of an integrated toilet-bidet unit, and sanitary unit for a public transport vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308898 A1Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Roof Hood for a Rail Vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296508 A1Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH
- Devices and systems for articulating an outlet gate door24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285377 A1Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Shipping container twist-lock system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274150 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for converting vibratory motion to electrical energy213US 5,578,877 AGeneral Electric Company · 1996
- Ground-based mobile maintenance facilities for unmanned aerial vehicles189US 9,718,564 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc. · 2017
- Load transport and restraining devices and methods for restraining loads171US 9,809,308 B2General Electric Company · 2017
- Vascular occlusion device with an embolic mesh ribbon136US 8,361,104 B2Codman & Shurtleff, Inc. · 2013
- Vehicle seat intended, for example, for such automobile vehicles as cars, trains and airplanes130US 4,632,454 AAB Volvo · 1986