B61L 11/00
Operation of points from the vehicle or by the passage of the
Official title: Operation of points from the vehicle or by the passage of the vehicle
B61L11/00 (Operation of points from the vehicle or by the passage of the) appears on 58 US grants and 57 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61L- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 57
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 97
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for virtual block stick circuits7 Jul 2026US 12,673,707 B2BNSF Railway Company
- Railroad virtual track block system16 Jun 2026US 12,654,753 B2BNSF Railway Company
- Train-ground interlocking method and system for rail transit train operation control19 May 2026US 12,630,203 B2Casco Signal Ltd.
- Switch control method and apparatus, and storage medium3 Mar 2026US 12,565,249 B2BYD Company Limited
- Train operation control system and method based on train-ground coordination17 Feb 2026US 12,552,429 B2Casco Signal Ltd.
- Railroad virtual track block system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307691 A1BNSF Railway Company
- System and method for virtual block operational status control with long block time delay30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116439 A1BNSF Railway Company
- Train control method, storage medium, on-board controller, and train22 May 2025US 2025/0162628 A1BYD Company Limited
- Rail based mobility systems and methods of installation and use1 May 2025US 2025/0137205 A1
- System and method for virtual block stick circuits30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033679 A1BNSF Railway Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spring rail frog28US 4,624,428 AAbex Corporation · 1986
- Railroad spring frog12US 5,544,848 AABC Rail Products Corporation · 1996
- Method for managing the circulation of vehicles on a railway network and related system12US 8,820,685 B2Alstom Transport SA · 2014
- Control of automatic guided vehicles without wayside interlocking10US 9,002,546 B2Thales Canada Inc. · 2015
- Thin flange and loose wheel detection system9US 4,407,072 ASouthern Railway Company · 1983