B61D 3/18
For vehicles
Official title: for vehicles {(vehicles adapted to carry other vehicles, in general, B60P3/06)}
B61D3/18 (For vehicles) appears on 442 US grants and 269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61D- Granted patents
- 442
- Published applications
- 269
- Assignees
- 127
- Inventors
- 466
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 |
| 2003 | 18 | 13 |
| 2004 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 8 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 7 | 11 |
| 2011 | 3 | 11 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 13 | 12 |
| 2018 | 5 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18 | 21 |
| 2020 | 19 | 17 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 17 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Platform traversal system and method2 Jun 2026US 12,643,578 B2Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Goods wagon for transporting goods and basin for such a goods wagon17 Mar 2026US 12,576,892 B2
- Locking assembly16 Dec 2025US 12,497,084 B2Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Container locking device and piggyback transport vehicle18 Mar 2025US 12,252,061 B2China Shenhua Energy Company Limited
- Anti-theft device for a transport railcar grating28 Jan 2025US 12,208,825 B2Holden America IL, LLC
- Vehicle transporting system5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035021 A1Aeridu, LLC
- Vehicle wheel chock for auto-rack railcar6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340227 A1Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Cargo protection devices for railway cars, method for production, and autorack railway car5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178649 A1Pennsy Corporation
- Cargo protection devices for railway cars, method for production, and autorack railway car5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178650 A1Pennsy Corporation
- Rail car side screen protector5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178651 A1Pennsy Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Grating connector and spacer apparatus, system, and methods of using the same117US 9,731,730 B2Holland Company · 2017
- Low level freight car72US 4,686,907 AHawker Siddeley Canada Ltd. · 1987
- Low level freight car for carrying trailers67US 4,456,413 AThe Budd Company · 1984
- Container carrying convertible rail-highway vehicle67US 4,817,537 A1989
- Articulated lightweight piggyback railcar65US 4,751,882 ACanadian National Railway Company · 1988