E01B 25/26
Switches
Official title: Switches; Crossings
E01B25/26 (Switches) appears on 74 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 116
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Article transport facility28 Jul 2026US 12,692,666 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Switch arrangement for a track-borne vehicle3 Feb 2026US 12,540,441 B2Max Boegl Stiftung & Co. KG
- Hash overhead hoist transport rail system and methods of operating the same4 Nov 2025US 12,463,072 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Goods picking and conveying device, goods picking system and method28 Jan 2025US 12,208,963 B2Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.
- Article transport facility26 Nov 2024US 12,154,807 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd.
- Passive switch for a rail-bound traffic system, chassis for a rail-bound traffic system and rail-bound traffic system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078550 A1
- Hash overhead hoist transport rail system and methods of operating the same27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364290 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Pivot-type suspended monorail multi-way turnout beam and traveling rail Jointing device thereof5 Dec 2024US 2024/0401282 A1Crrc Yangtze Group Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for freight transportation4 Jul 2024US 2024/0217346 A1
- Running gear for a gondola of a gondola lift system, support means for gondolas of a gondola lift system, gondola for a gondola lift system, gondola lift system, and method for activating a running gear11 Apr 2024US 2024/0116545 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Grid rail container transport and storage system98US 4,973,219 ASea-Land Corporation · 1990
- Transfer system using movable bodies51US 6,655,297 B2Daifuku Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Switch for a suspended railway vehicle27US 4,214,535 AWaggonfabrik Uerdingen A.G. · 1980
- Lifting and lowering a rail section24US 4,706,782 AMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft · 1987
- Rail guided vehicle system22US 8,978,562 B2Murata Machinery, Ltd. · 2015