B61F 19/00
Wheel guards
Official title: Wheel guards; Bumpers; Obstruction removers or the like (for vehicles in general B60R19/00)
B61F19/00 (Wheel guards) appears on 85 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61F- Granted patents
- 85
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 211
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Railcar bodyshell4 Aug 2026US 12,698,014 B2Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Continuous rail and airborne rail transit alert system for pedestrians, vehicles and animals28 Jul 2026US 12,691,820 B1The Fred M. Kemp Foundation
- End enclosure for light rail vehicles26 May 2026US 12,637,117 B2Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Coupler for a rail vehicle and rail vehicle with a coupler12 May 2026US 12,623,699 B2Dellner Couplers AB
- Systems and methods for traction20 Jan 2026US 12,528,519 B2Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- Electric rail vehicle28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269882 A1Parallel Systems, Inc.
- Electric rail vehicle22 Aug 2024US 2024/0278818 A1Parallel Systems, Inc.
- An Autonomous Positioning Method For Underground Coal Mine Anti-Explosion Storage Battery Rail Electric Locomotive13 Jun 2024US 2024/0190486 A1Shanghai Shenchuan Electric Co., Ltd
- End enclosure for light rail vehicles4 Apr 2024US 2024/0109563 A1Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Electric rail vehicle28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415793 A1Parallel Systems, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Impact-absorber devices, impact-absorption method, and framework and vehicle including such impact-aborber devices45US 5,660,116 AGEC Alsthom Transport SA · 1997
- Bumper airbag and system45US 6,923,483 B2Universal Propulsion Company, Inc. · 2005
- Impact-absorber devices, impact-absorption method, and framework and vehicle including such impact-absorber devices37US 5,579,699 AGEC Alsthom Transport SA · 1996
- Bumper airbag with multiple chambers34US 7,036,844 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2006
- Impact-absorber devices, impact-absorption method, and framework and vehicle including such impact-absorber devices27US 5,715,757 AGEC Alsthom Transport SA · 1998