B61L 3/06
Controlling by electromagnetic or particle radiation
Official title: controlling by electromagnetic or particle radiation, e.g. by light beam
B61L3/06 (Controlling by electromagnetic or particle radiation) appears on 24 US grants and 26 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61L- Granted patents
- 24
- Published applications
- 26
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 49
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for a train control system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,901 B2
- Systems and methods for remotely controlling locomotives with gestures4 Nov 2025US 12,462,612 B2Cattron North America, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for a train control system7 Jan 2025US 12,187,333 B2
- System, in particular an installation, including a mobile part that is movable along a coding region, and method for operating such a system17 Sep 2024US 12,093,778 B2Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
- Method and apparatus for a train control system2 Apr 2024US 11,945,483 B2
- Method & apparatus for a train control system22 May 2025US 2025/0162627 A1
- Method and apparatus for a train control system25 Jul 2024US 2024/0246588 A1
- Systems and methods for remotely controlling locomotives with gestures25 Apr 2024US 2024/0135752 A1Cattron North America, Inc.
- Method & apparatus for a train control system18 Jan 2024US 2024/0017753 A9
- Method & apparatus for a train control system18 May 2023US 2023/0150559 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rail vision system117US 5,978,718 AWestinghouse Air Brake Company · 1999
- Method and apparatus for controlling trains by determining a direction taken by a train through a railroad switch49US 6,360,998 B1Westinghouse Air Brake Company · 2002
- Route examination system and method21US 9,921,584 B2General Electric Company · 2018
- Method and system for detecting signal color from a moving video platform8US 8,233,662 B2General Electric Company · 2012
- Transporting train travel control system6US 5,065,963 ADaifuku Co., Ltd. · 1991