E01B 25/12
Switches
Official title: Switches; Crossings
E01B25/12 (Switches) appears on 60 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 60
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 105
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Carrier lift locking structure and locking method to prevent lift deflection during carrier movement11 Aug 2026US 12,703,948 B2Mplus Co., Ltd.
- Switch arrangement for a track-borne vehicle3 Feb 2026US 12,540,441 B2Max Boegl Stiftung & Co. KG
- Rail-switching unit26 Nov 2024US 12,152,348 B2Spinswitch Technologies
- Switch for track of maglev train10 Sep 2024US 12,084,815 B2Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- Transportation system3 Oct 2023US 11,772,914 B2Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.
- Switching system, and containerized parcel utility system comprising same23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327251 A1
- Pivot-type suspended monorail multi-way turnout beam and traveling rail Jointing device thereof5 Dec 2024US 2024/0401282 A1Crrc Yangtze Group Co., Ltd.
- Pivot-type suspended monorail multi-way turnout system and auxiliary switching device7 Nov 2024US 2024/0367694 A1Crrc Yangtze Group Co., Ltd.
- Carrier Lift Locking Structure And Locking Method To Prevent Lift Deflection During Carrier Movement25 Jul 2024US 2024/0247443 A1Mplus Co., Ltd.
- Arrangement, switch, method, computer system, computer program product14 Mar 2024US 2024/0083474 A1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Switch mechanism53US 4,671,185 ARegents of the University of Minnesota · 1987
- Switch mechanism32US 4,522,128 ARegents of the University of Minnesota · 1985
- Side-mounted monorail transportation system32US 4,690,064 A1987
- Monorail conveyor28US 4,207,821 ABleitchert Forderanlagen GmbH · 1980
- Self-controlled on-grade monorail track switch and method26US 4,094,252 A1978