E01B 29/05
Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers
Official title: Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers (as assembled units E01B29/02)
E01B29/05 (Transporting, laying, removing, or renewing both rails and sleepers) appears on 51 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 51
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 21
- Inventors
- 48
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Process and system for pole and conductor installation for charging while moving13 Jan 2026US 12,522,109 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Rail tie distribution control system18 Nov 2025US 12,473,696 B2Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.
- Rail tie distribution system7 Oct 2025US 12,435,475 B2Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.
- Transfer car for sleepers and the associated railway vehicle24 Jun 2025US 12,338,582 B2Matisa Materiel Industriel S.A.
- Devices and methods for laying sleepers on ballast-beds for railroad construction6 Aug 2024US 12,054,889 B2Kallion Raide Oy
- Energy-saving transportation tool performing self-horizontal rail laying in multi-terrain conditions11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160027 A1
- Process and system for laying tracks for underground, railway and tramway lines11 Jul 2024US 2024/0229364 A9Overail S.R.L.
- Process and System for Pole and Conductor Installation for Charging While Moving16 May 2024US 2024/0157851 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Process and system for laying tracks for underground, railway and tramway lines25 Apr 2024US 2024/0133125 A1Overail S.R.L.
- Clamp assembly14 Mar 2024US 2024/0084517 A1Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Track renewal method and apparatus24US 4,046,077 AFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H. · 1977
- Mobile apparatus for continuous track renewal23US 4,160,418 AFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m. b. H. · 1979
- Mobile apparatus for the continuous replacement of ties21US 4,253,398 AFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m. b. H. · 1981
- Track working or transport vehicle20US 4,399,881 AFranz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m. b. H. · 1983
- Railroad track laying system with multiple railroad tie handling20US 5,361,704 AHerzog Contracting Corp. · 1994