B61L 99/002
Autonomous vehicles, i.e. under distributed traffic control
Official title: {Autonomous vehicles, i.e. under distributed traffic control}
B61L99/002 (Autonomous vehicles, i.e. under distributed traffic control) appears on 31 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Train operation control method, vehicle on-board controller, and train18 Aug 2026US 12,709,315 B2BYD Company Limited
- Narrow width personal transportation system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,418 B2Netivonim Ltd
- Train operation control system and method based on train-ground coordination17 Feb 2026US 12,552,429 B2Casco Signal Ltd.
- Train autonomous control system and method based on train-to-train communication5 Aug 2025US 12,377,893 B2Casco Signal Ltd.
- Bidirectional DC-DC converter, traffic system, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium10 Jun 2025US 12,328,076 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Level monitoring and automatic leveling system for rail transporter21 May 2026US 2026/0138656 A1East China Jiaotong University
- Freight train dual power source control system14 May 2026US 2026/0131836 A1Voltify Inc
- Method for ensuring the standstill of a rail vehicle12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070593 A1Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Motorized railway safety cart and deployment system thereof8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008486 A1Kronos Aerial Photography Ltd.
- Integration-oriented intelligent speed trajectory optimization method and system for autonomous train1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001582 A1Beijing Jiaotong University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of automatically controlling traveling of vehicle31US 6,138,064 AMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. · 2000
- Station control system for a driverless vehicle29US 7,174,836 B2Jervis B. Webb Company · 2007
- Vehicle control apparatus for a closed transporting system27US 3,933,099 AH. Jungheinrich & Co. · 1976
- Personal transportation system25US 7,302,319 B22007
- Autonomous rail or off rail vehicle movement and system among a group of vehicles18US 10,618,537 B22020