B61H 9/00
Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems
Official title: Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems or purposes
B61H9/00 (Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems) appears on 151 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61H- Granted patents
- 151
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 103
- Inventors
- 325
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16 |
| 2017 | 15 | 13 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 |
| 2019 | 12 | 14 |
| 2020 | 13 | 11 |
| 2021 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B61H 9/02Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems77
- B61H 9/06Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems29
- B61H 9/006Brakes for locomotives15
- B61H 9/04Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems6
- B61H 9/003Brakes characterised by, or modified for, their application to special railway systems0
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