E01B 1/00
Ballastway
Official title: Ballastway; Other means for supporting the sleepers or the track; Drainage of the ballastway (draining by trenches, culverts, or conduits E01F5/00)
E01B1/00 (Ballastway) appears on 174 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 174
- Published applications
- 160
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 400
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for applying single-component or multi-component adhesive to a ballast bed and use5 May 2026US 12,618,200 B2Hürlimann Railtec AG
- Track beam and track beam assembly14 Apr 2026US 12,601,119 B2BYD Company Limited
- Shear resistant drain system for improving weak foundation soils25 Nov 2025US 12,480,260 B2TBT Engineering Limited
- Ballastless track section for a rail vehicle21 Oct 2025US 12,448,736 B2Systra
- System and method for subgrade stabilization of railroad bed21 Oct 2025US 12,448,738 B2Soil-Nail Holdings, LLC
- System And Method For Subgrade Stabilization Of Railroad Bed22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022522 A1R&B Leasing, LLC
- Direct Fixation Block Assembly15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015802 A1voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC
- Track17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230611 A1Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd.
- Device for transferring an infrastructure component pre-positioned on a ground, particularly a track support slab, into a target arrangement, combination, system, and method17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230613 A1Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
- Turnout for a track system22 May 2025US 2025/0163652 A1Getzner Werkstoffe Holding GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ground-borne noise and vibration damping137US 5,173,012 AClouth Gummiwerke Aktiengesellschaft · 1992
- Rail-bound transportation system for a track building machine74US 9,856,609 B2K & K Maschinenentwicklungs Ghbm & Co. KG · 2018
- Device for monitoring the condition of the superstructure especially of fixed railroad tracks32US 7,023,539 B2Pfleiderer Infrastrukturtechnik GmbH & Co. KG · 2006
- Embedded track assembly30US 4,793,545 AConstruction Polymers Company · 1988
- Containment reservoir and method27US 4,296,884 ATrue Temper Corporation · 1981