B61D 17/041
With bodies characterised by use of light metal
Official title: {with bodies characterised by use of light metal, e.g. aluminium (B61D17/045 takes precedence)}
B61D17/041 (With bodies characterised by use of light metal) appears on 48 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61D- Granted patents
- 48
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 165
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Stiffening structure and method for stiffening a sheet element6 Oct 2026US 12,752,509 B2Photon, Inc.
- Railway vehicle with collision-protecting crushable areas3 Mar 2026US 12,565,245 B2ALSTOM Holdings
- Half-round cargo container and trailer3 Feb 2026US 12,539,923 B2Titan Trailers Inc.
- Railroad tank cars formed of low-carbon, high toughness, steel plates23 Sep 2025US 12,421,585 B2ArcelorMittal
- Ultralight two-track train that does not derail4 Mar 2025US 12,240,504 B2
- Method of forming low-carbon, high toughness, steel plates for railroad tank cars4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369080 A1
- Half-Round Cargo Container and Trailer30 Oct 2025US 2025/0333119 A1Titan Trailers Inc.
- Stiffening structure and method for stiffening a sheet element30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033317 A1Photon, Inc.
- Rail vehicle12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300546 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- A Panel, Support Rib and Cantrail29 Aug 2024US 2024/0286654 A1Vlr Technologies Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Structural panels for use in aircraft fuselages and other structures72US 7,134,629 B2The Boeing Company · 2006
- Railway car body structures and method of making them48US 5,685,229 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1997
- Method of manufacturing a vehicle body42US 5,098,007 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1992
- Railway car body structures and methods of making them using welded honeycomb panels connected in an edge to edge relation33US 5,433,151 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1995
- Body structure for railway vehicles32US 5,383,406 AFiat Ferroviaria S.p.A. · 1995