E01B 11/02
Dismountable rail joints
E01B11/02 (Dismountable rail joints) appears on 62 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 62
- Published applications
- 51
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 116
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E01B 11/20With gap-bridging27
- E01B 11/04Flat fishplates11
- E01B 11/16Fishplates for joining rails of different sections10
- E01B 11/36Fastening means for fishplates7
- E01B 11/08Angle fishplates5
- E01B 11/10Fishplates with parts supporting or surrounding the rail foot5
- E01B 11/12Fishplates engaging only the rail foot3
- E01B 11/18Fishplates for temporarily repairing broken rails2
Recent patents
- Expansion joint for connecting a first region and a second region of a rail system8 Sep 2026US 12,729,060 B2Autostore Technology AS
- Rail expansion device and method24 Mar 2026US 12,584,274 B2Siemens Mobility GmbH
- Surface seamless steel rail10 Feb 2026US 12,546,065 B2Suzhou Truerun Envvironment Technology Ltd.
- Expansion joint, system and method for connecting regions of a rail-based grid storage system29 Apr 2025US 12,286,294 B2Autostore Technology AS
- Track processing machine, in particular impact wrench machine, and process for track processing by a track processing machine10 Dec 2024US 12,162,122 B2Robel Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH
- Bonded electrically insulated joint system for railway rails, method for fabricating such, method of modifying at least one starting type switch rail and use of two switch rails modified in accordance with said modifying method2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305220 A1AB Consulting S.a.s. di Andrea Bracciali & C.
- Expansion joint, system and method for connecting regions of a rail-based grid storage system8 May 2025US 2025/0145373 A1Autostore Technology AS
- Transport Facility3 Apr 2025US 2025/0109555 A1Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Crossing with thermal expansion joint for a rail-based grid30 Jan 2025US 2025/0034817 A1Autostore Technology AS
- A Grid Framework Structure5 Sep 2024US 2024/0295081 A1Ocado Innovation Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Insulated rail joint incorporating spacer-impregnated adhesive and method for bonding insulated rail joints23US 5,503,331 APortec-RMP Division · 1996
- Expansion joint for railroad tracks17US 4,171,774 A1979
- Mechanical joint13US 4,485,967 A1984
- Monorail track structure13US 5,687,649 AHK Systems, Inc. · 1997
- Laterally compensating radial trolleys11US 4,398,469 A1983