B61H 5/00
Applications or arrangements of brakes with substantially radial braking surfaces pressed together
Official title: Applications or arrangements of brakes with substantially radial braking surfaces pressed together in axial direction, e.g. disc brakes
B61H5/00 (Applications or arrangements of brakes with substantially radial braking surfaces pressed together) appears on 201 US grants and 177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61H- Granted patents
- 201
- Published applications
- 177
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 402
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 13 |
| 2015 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016 | 14 | 15 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 11 | 20 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 |
| 2020 | 12 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 18 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Brake system and braking method for rail vehicles11 Aug 2026US 12,703,331 B2Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
- Brake system and braking method for a rail vehicle11 Aug 2026US 12,703,332 B2Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
- Vehicle braking control system21 Jul 2026US 12,686,369 B1FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S. p. A.
- Braking system for a vehicle30 Jun 2026US 12,668,286 B2WABTEC Hauts-de-France
- Parking brake system, computer-implemented method of controlling a parking brake system of a rail vehicle, computer program and non-volatile data carrier5 May 2026US 12,617,376 B2Dellner Bubenzer AB
- Brake device for railway vehicle20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241903 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Vehicle braking control system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217229 A1FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S. p. A.
- 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
- Railway braking system and railway vehicle provided with such a system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160307 A1WABTEC Hauts-de-France
- Brake disc for railway vehicle4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153133 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electric actuators92US 4,546,298 AWestinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Ltd. · 1985
- Electric actuators56US 4,546,295 AWestinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Ltd. · 1985
- Caliper disk brake for steel mill cranes52US 6,186,287 B1Power Transmission Technology, Inc. · 2001
- Brake actuator40US 6,722,477 B1Knorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH · 2004
- Braking and steering radial truck29US 4,258,629 AGeneral Steel Industries, Inc. · 1981