B61K 7/16
Positive railway stops
B61K7/16 (Positive railway stops) appears on 46 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61K- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 21
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 67
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Monitoring device for a buffer stop26 May 2026US 12,637,122 B2Amx Automation Technologies GmbH
- Rapid braking of shuttles powered by electromagnets20 May 2025US 12,304,753 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Self-centering impact energy dissipation mechanism22 Oct 2024US 12,123,471 B2Universidad Catolica De La Santisima Concepcion
- Foldable rail-mounted crane stop device8 Oct 2024US 12,110,216 B2Southeast University
- System and method for docking or undocking a track-wheel based device24 Sep 2024US 12,097,894 B2Nomadd Desert Solar Solutions Pte. Ltd.
- Warehouse shuttle blocking arrangement30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217290 A1Movu
- Brake shoe for self-clamping retention of a unit that is transportable on rails2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305549 A1Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
- Self-centring impact energy dissipation mechanism21 Mar 2024US 2024/0093755 A1Universidad Catolica De La Santisima Concepcion
- System and method for docking or undocking a track-wheel based device8 Feb 2024US 2024/0043051 A1Nomadd Desert Solar Solutions Pte. Ltd.
- Monitoring device for a buffer stop9 Feb 2023US 2023/0043292 A1Amx Automation Technologies GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Movable stops for railway vehicles33US 4,572,080 AOleo International Holdings Limited · 1986
- Vat wheel lock24US 4,739,863 A1988
- Stop device for stopping a wheeled vehicle22US 4,216,724 ACGEE Alsthom · 1980
- Two-way safety trip for railway vehicles15US 5,601,259 ABoda Industries, Inc. · 1997
- Emergency stopping system for track mounted movable bullet targets and target trolleys14US 8,579,294 B2Action Target Inc. · 2013