B61J 3/08
Devices with reciprocated pushing bars or like driving mechanisms combined with the
Official title: Devices with reciprocated pushing bars or like driving mechanisms combined with the track for shunting or hauling cars (railway systems of this kind B61B13/12)
B61J3/08 (Devices with reciprocated pushing bars or like driving mechanisms combined with the) appears on 18 US grants and 12 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61J- Granted patents
- 18
- Published applications
- 12
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 34
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mechanical coupling in automated gladhand system13 Jan 2026US 12,522,261 B2Trackmobile LLC
- Railcar spacing tool22 Apr 2025US 12,280,812 B2Inter-Rail Transport, Inc.
- Track-changing device for a pneumatic transport vehicle1 Apr 2025US 12,263,872 B2Aerom RepresentaçõEs E ParticipaçõEs Ltda.
- Railcar spacing tool7 Jun 2022US 11,352,030 B2Inter-Rail Transport, Inc.
- System and method for indexing vehicles of a vehicle system4 Sep 2018US 10,065,664 B1General Electric Company
- Freight handling system and method23 May 2024US 2024/0166246 A1Kaci Intermodal Systems, LLC
- Mechanical Coupling in Automated Gladhand System10 Aug 2023US 2023/0249719 A1Trackmobile LLC
- Railcar spacing tool18 Aug 2022US 2022/0258778 A1Inter-Rail Transport, Inc.
- Track-changing device for a pneumatic transport vehicle21 Apr 2022US 2022/0119018 A1Aerom RepresentaçõEs E ParticipaçõEs Ltda.
- Railcar spacing tool22 Aug 2019US 2019/0256112 A1Inter-Rail Transport, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle conveyor and wheel engaging dolly17US 4,715,287 ABelanger, Inc. · 1987
- Floor mounted walking beam system for advancing a vehicle12US 5,042,392 ADEC International, Inc. · 1991
- Railway car positioning apparatus10US 4,080,904 AHeyl & Patterson, Inc. · 1978
- Car shifting apparatus8US 4,252,064 AThe W. R. Stamler Corporation · 1981
- Carriage assembly for positioning railroad cars6US 7,051,660 B2Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. · 2006