E01B 27/16
Sleeper-tamping machines
E01B27/16 (Sleeper-tamping machines) appears on 320 US grants and 169 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 320
- Published applications
- 169
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 247
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 6 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 | 16 |
| 2018 | 12 | 15 |
| 2019 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 15 |
| 2021 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 12 | 9 |
| 2026 | 11 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- On-track maintenance machine and method for operating the machine8 Sep 2026US 12,729,489 B2Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
- Track-tamping machine for compressing the ballast bed of a track25 Aug 2026US 12,716,177 B2
- Leveling system for lift device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,525 B2Oshkosh Corporation
- Route maintenance system and method4 Aug 2026US 12,698,600 B2Nordco Inc.
- Method and track tamping machine for tamping a track28 Jul 2026US 12,692,667 B2Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
- Method and apparatus for determining the condition of a track bed by means of a tamping assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297857 A1Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
- Stabilizing assembly and method for stabilizing a track16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201654 A1Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
- Tamping unit and method for tamping sleepers of a track20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354338 A1Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
- Device for detecting crossties of a track24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237021 A1HP3 Real GmbH
- Method and device for determining the longitudinal forces in track rails10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224317 A1Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M. B. H.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Leveling system for lift device134US 9,890,024 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2018
- Leveling system for lift device109US 10,221,055 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2019
- Leveling system for lift device102US 10,407,288 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2019
- Leveling system for lift device65US 10,934,145 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2021
- Leveling system for lift device59US 11,111,120 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2021