B61G 7/06
Coupling heads constructed to facilitate alignment
B61G7/06 (Coupling heads constructed to facilitate alignment) appears on 16 US grants and 6 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61G- Granted patents
- 16
- Published applications
- 6
- Assignees
- 11
- Inventors
- 29
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electrical coupler for a first car of a multi-car vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,954 B2Dellner Couplers AB
- System for automatic coupling and release of vehicles travelling on the rail network20 Jan 2026US 12,528,522 B2Co.El.Da. Software Srl
- Mechanical coupling in automated gladhand system13 Jan 2026US 12,522,261 B2Trackmobile LLC
- Coupling support for a central buffer coupling of a rail vehicle4 Jun 2024US 11,999,389 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Coupling head of a central buffer coupling10 Apr 2018US 9,937,934 B2Voith Patent GmbH
- Vehicle connection system and method26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084728 A1Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- System for automatic coupling and release of vehicles travelling on the rail network4 Jan 2024US 2024/0001974 A1Co.El.Da. Software Srl
- Mechanical Coupling in Automated Gladhand System10 Aug 2023US 2023/0249719 A1Trackmobile LLC
- Electrical coupler for a first car of a multi-car vehicle20 Jul 2023US 2023/0227081 A1Dellner Couplers AB
- Coupling support for a central buffer coupling of a rail vehicle21 Oct 2021US 2021/0323587 A1Siemens Mobility GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Slackless railway coupler connection34US 4,456,133 AAMSTED Industries Incorporated · 1984
- Coupler lubricating bearing wear liner channel shaped support plate18US 4,343,407 AHolland Company · 1982
- Method of making composite spin welded coupler carrier assembly12US 4,427,471 AHolland Company · 1984
- Coupling head housing of a central buffer coupling10US 5,509,548 AScharfenbergkupplung GmbH · 1996
- Car coupler9US 4,084,704 AMidland-Ross Corporation · 1978