B61K 1/00
Transferring passengers, articles, or freight to and from moving trains
Official title: Transferring passengers, articles, or freight to and from moving trains; Slipping or coupling vehicles from or to moving trains
B61K1/00 (Transferring passengers, articles, or freight to and from moving trains) appears on 46 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61K- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 67
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Loading turntable systems and methods11 Aug 2026US 12,703,409 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Coupling between moving cars of a transportation system8 Jul 2025US 12,351,216 B2Directrains Ltd.
- Loading turntable systems and methods13 Aug 2024US 12,060,092 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Non-stop transportation system16 Jan 2024US 11,873,018 B2Directrains Ltd.
- Rail and train system19 Dec 2023US 11,845,481 B2
- Loading turntable systems and methods14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375692 A1Universal City Studios LLC
- Rail transportation system21 Dec 2023US 2023/0406373 A1
- Rail transportation system22 Jun 2023US 2023/0192159 A1American Solar Rail, LLC
- Loading turntable systems and methods1 Jun 2023US 2023/0166779 A1Universal City Studios LLC
- Rail transportation system8 Sep 2022US 2022/0281495 A1American Solar Rail, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft49US 5,033,392 AWaagner-Biro Aktiengesellschaft · 1991
- Side rails container transfer system28US 4,130,208 A1978
- Modular rapid transportation system for passengers and freight23US 3,987,734 A1976
- Container side-transfer system23US 4,065,006 A1977
- Overhead container transfer system18US 4,082,042 A1978