B61L 5/10
Locking mechanisms for points
Official title: Locking mechanisms for points; Means for indicating the setting of points
B61L5/10 (Locking mechanisms for points) appears on 131 US grants and 102 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 102
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 257
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 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
- Switch control method and apparatus, and storage medium3 Mar 2026US 12,565,249 B2BYD Company Limited
- Reverse angled point slider3 Feb 2026US 12,539,901 B2
- Independent rail test release mechanism10 Jun 2025US 12,325,458 B2Hitachi Rail Sts USA, Inc.
- Railroad switch device for moving railroad switch points11 Feb 2025US 12,221,144 B2
- Railway control and field device switching system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181046 A1Hitachi Rail Sts USA, Inc.
- Apparatus for locking a switch machine6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340230 A1Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
- System and method for measuring displacement of switch machine actuating rod27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100603 A1Crsc Communication & Information Corporation Shanghai Co., Ltd.
- Sensor arrangement for a railway system and method for monitoring a railway system19 Dec 2024US 2024/0416974 A1Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH
- Sensor arrangement for a railway system12 Dec 2024US 2024/0409135 A1Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular point detector for railroad track switch43US 6,585,194 B1Union Switch & Signal Inc. · 2003
- Railroad switch point position sensing system and method41US 5,806,809 A1998
- Proximity detection and communication mechanism and method32US 7,577,502 B1A & J Industries, Inc. · 2009
- Method for monitoring the condition of rail switch points28US 5,253,830 AVoest-Alpine Eisenbahnsysteme Gesellschaft m.b.H. · 1993
- Switch stand27US 5,642,870 A1997