B61H 13/36
Beams
Official title: Beams; Suspension thereof
B61H13/36 (Beams) appears on 89 US grants and 61 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61H- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 61
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 119
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 8 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Brake assembly16 Jun 2026US 12,654,750 B2Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
- Tread brake assembly31 Mar 2026US 12,589,781 B2Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
- Braking system comprising brake rigging, and vehicle equipped with such a braking system1 Jul 2025US 12,344,289 B2WABTEC Hauts-de-France
- Break beam wear guide20 Feb 2024US 11,904,912 B2Standard Car Truck Company
- Slack adjuster for a brake system27 Dec 2022US 11,536,337 B2Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
- Railway braking system for a rail vehicle and method for assembling and/or disassembling a railway braking system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200509 A1WABTEC Hauts-de-France
- Service brake system for locomotive16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200510 A1Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.
- Brake apparatus with distance sensor for use with a twin axle of a track-guided vehicle, distance sensor, method for operating the brake apparatus and computer readable medium17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229761 A1Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Brake assembly8 Feb 2024US 2024/0043049 A1Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
- Tread brake assembly8 Feb 2024US 2024/0043050 A1Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Truss-type brake beam for railway vehicle truck-mounted brake assembly22US 4,830,148 AAmerican Standard Inc. · 1989
- Railway freight car truck22US 7,527,131 B1Amsted Rail Company, Inc. · 2009
- Brake beam19US 5,810,124 ABuffalo Brake Beam Company · 1998
- Hydraulic parking brake for a railroad vehicle braking system19US 6,279,689 B1Westinghouse Air Brake Company · 2001
- Tapered brake beam wear liner19US 8,256,585 B2Amsted Rail Company, Inc. · 2012