B61L 27/16
Trackside optimisation of vehicle or train operation
B61L27/16 (Trackside optimisation of vehicle or train operation) appears on 317 US grants and 432 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Scheduling system and method190US 5,623,413 AHarris Corporation · 1997
- Automatic train control system and method174US 5,828,979 AHarris Corporation · 1998
- Method and apparatus for vehicle management156US 6,631,322 B1General Electric Company · 2003
- Scheduling system and method131US 5,794,172 AHarris Corporation · 1998
- Method for analyzing and generating optimal transportation schedules for vehicles such as trains and controlling the movement of vehicles in response thereto117US 5,177,684 AThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · 1993