B61L 5/107
Electrical control of points position
Official title: {electrical control of points position}
B61L5/107 (Electrical control of points position) appears on 60 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61L- Granted patents
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- 3 Mar 2026
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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
- Railroad switch point position sensing system and method41US 5,806,809 A1998
- 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
- Controller for switch machine20US 6,484,974 B1Union Switch & Signal Inc. · 2002
- Safety detector for railroad switch points with visual indicator mechanism18US 5,192,038 A1993