B61D 45/007
Fixing containers
Official title: {Fixing containers (vehicles for transporting containers B61D3/20)}
B61D45/007 (Fixing containers) appears on 111 US grants and 62 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61D- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 62
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 170
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 3 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Storage assembly for railcar28 Apr 2026US 12,612,084 B2Trinity Rail Group, LLC
- Apparatus for automatically locking container30 Dec 2025US 12,508,977 B2
- Systems and methods for securing cargo containers2 Sep 2025US 12,404,024 B2The Boeing Company
- Electric rail vehicle13 May 2025US 12,296,866 B2Parallel Systems, Inc.
- Container locking device and piggyback transport vehicle18 Mar 2025US 12,252,061 B2China Shenhua Energy Company Limited
- Shipping container twist-lock system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274150 A1
- Twistlock alignment12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070483 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Electric rail vehicle28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269882 A1Parallel Systems, Inc.
- Extending Cargo Restraint Assembly20 Mar 2025US 2025/0091727 A1Goodrich Corporation
- Railroad Well Car Structure30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033677 A1National Steel Car Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low profile railway car112US 5,320,046 ATrinity Industries, Inc. · 1994
- Tiedown assembly103US 4,715,754 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1987
- Freight securing device and method59US 4,846,610 A1989
- Wheel chock for a motor vehicle container59US 5,037,255 AStandard Car Truck Company · 1991
- Container carrying railroad car with support castings46US 4,771,706 AThrall Car Manufacturing Company · 1988