Class B61L : GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
Subclass 1/18: Devices along the route controlled by interaction with the vehicle or vehicle train (detonators B61L 5/2 ; operation of points or signals by passage of the vehicle B61L 11/00, B61L 13/00 ; operation of gates, or gates and signals, by approaching vehicle B61L 29/18 ) Railway track circuits (rail joints E01B 11/00, e.g. insulated rail joints E01B 11/54 )
| Patent # | Title | Filing Date | Issue Date | Patent Owner |
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| 12195068 | Mount for simulated rail track load inductor | Jun 22, 21 | Jan 14, 25 | C.D.L. Electric Company, Inc. |
| 12179815 | Computer implemented method for determining railway vehicle movement profile type of a railway vehicle movement profile and controller of a track circuit system | Jun 14, 21 | Dec 31, 24 | ALSTOM HOLDINGS |
| 12116028 | System and method for virtual block stick circuits | Oct 31, 22 | Oct 15, 24 | BNSF Railway Company |
| 12116027 | Railway shunt enclosure | Jun 22, 21 | Oct 15, 24 | C.D.L. Electric Company, Inc. |
| 12110045 | Railway switch management system and/or method | May 23, 24 | Oct 08, 24 | Parallel Systems, Inc. |
| 11975750 | Broken rail detector | Oct 14, 20 | May 07, 24 | Athena Industrial Technologies Inc. |
| 11938978 | Determination of train direction for bi-directional grade crossings | Mar 30, 21 | Mar 26, 24 | SIEMENS MOBILITY, INC. |
| 11866076 | Track circuit with continued distance monitoring and broken rail protection | Jun 02, 17 | Jan 09, 24 | SIEMENS MOBILITY, INC. |
| 11859350 | Edge weather abatement using hyperlocal weather and train activity inputs | Mar 10, 23 | Jan 02, 24 | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 11827260 | Grade crossing control system | Mar 06, 18 | Nov 28, 23 | SIEMENS MOBILITY, INC. |
| 11780482 | Method, controller and track circuit for determining the relationship between a track-circuit transmitted current signal and a railway vehicle location on a railway track | Feb 15, 21 | Oct 10, 23 | ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES |
| 11767041 | Railroad virtual track block system | Dec 03, 21 | Sep 26, 23 | BNSF Railway Company |
| 11745775 | Railway shunt enclosure | Feb 23, 23 | Sep 05, 23 | C.D.L. Electric Company, Inc. |
| 11724724 | System for controlling vital wayside devices of a railway network, and vital switch for such vital devices | Jul 17, 20 | Aug 15, 23 | ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES |
| 11643119 | Track circuit surge protection | May 21, 19 | May 09, 23 | SIEMENS MOBILITY, INC. |
| 11577763 | Method and controller for determining the relationship between a track-circuit transmitted current signal and a railway vehicle location on a railway track | Mar 06, 20 | Feb 14, 23 | ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES |
| 11543243 | System and method for determining alignment for railway wayside signal applications | Aug 19, 19 | Jan 03, 23 | SIEMENS MOBILITY, INC. |
| 11511779 | System and method for virtual block stick circuits | Oct 15, 21 | Nov 29, 22 | BNSF Railway Company |
| 11492026 | Single rail shunt cable assembly | May 19, 20 | Nov 08, 22 | Not available |
| 11400964 | Route examining system and method | Oct 25, 18 | Aug 02, 22 | Transportation IP Holdings, LLC |
| Publication # | Title | Filing Date | Pub Date | Patent Owner |
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| 2025/0091,625 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING RAILWAY VEHICLE MOVEMENT PROFILE TYPE OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE MOVEMENT PROFILE AND CONTROLLER OF A TRACK CIRCUIT SYSTEM | Dec 03, 24 | Mar 20, 25 | Not available |
| 2025/0050,922 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING RAILWAY VEHICLE MOVEMENT PROFILE TYPE OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE MOVEMENT PROFILE AND CONTROLLER OF A TRACK CIRCUIT SYSTEM | Oct 28, 24 | Feb 13, 25 | Not available |
| 2025/0033,679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL BLOCK STICK CIRCUITS | Oct 14, 24 | Jan 30, 25 | BNSF Railway Company |
| 2025/0010,896 | RAILWAY SHUNT ENCLOSURE | Sep 17, 24 | Jan 09, 25 | C.D.L. Electric Company, Inc. |
| 2024/0416,975 | RAILWAY SWITCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD | Aug 28, 24 | Dec 19, 24 | Parallel Systems, Inc. |
| 2024/0409,136 | MONITORING UNIT FOR MONITORING A RAILWAY TRACK AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A RAILWAY TRACK | Oct 20, 22 | Dec 12, 24 | FRAUSCHER SENSORTECHNIK GmbH |
| 2024/0375,693 | Conductor Assembly for Rails | May 08, 24 | Nov 14, 24 | Not available |
| 2024/0278,815 | BROKEN RAIL DETECTOR | Mar 20, 24 | Aug 22, 24 | Athena Industrial Technologies Inc. |
| 2024/0140,508 | SIGNAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Oct 02, 23 | May 02, 24 | Not available |
| 2024/0001,975 | RAILROAD VIRTUAL TRACK BLOCK SYSTEM | Aug 04, 23 | Jan 04, 24 | BNSF Railway Company |
| 2023/0166,780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL BLOCK OPERATIONAL STATUS CONTROL WITH LONG BLOCK TIME DELAY | Jan 30, 23 | Jun 01, 23 | BNSF Railway Company |
| 2022/0315,071 | DETERMINATION OF TRAIN DIRECTION FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL GRADE CROSSINGS | Mar 30, 21 | Oct 06, 22 | Not available |
| 2022/0111,878 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONDITIONS ON A RAILWAY TRACK | Dec 10, 21 | Apr 14, 22 | Not available |
| 2021/0001,901 | SUPPLEMENTAL SHUNTING DEVICE INDICATOR | Sep 24, 20 | Jan 07, 21 | Not available |
| 2020/0010,100 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A CONDITION OF AN ELECTRIC RAIL SYSTEM AND/OR OF A CURRENT COLLECTOR OF THE RAIL SYSTEM | May 29, 19 | Jan 09, 20 | Not available |
| 2019/0185,034 | MONITORING SYSTEM, WAYSIDE LED SIGNAL, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A WAYSIDE LED SIGNAL | Jun 27, 16 | Jun 20, 19 | Not available |
| 2019/0092,356 | Assembly For Monitoring The Occupancy State Of A Switch Or A Track Region | Jan 30, 17 | Mar 28, 19 | Not available |
| 2018/0339,718 | RAILROAD TRACK POWERED MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND RAILROAD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | May 24, 17 | Nov 29, 18 | Not available |
| 2018/0281,830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A TRAIN ON A RAILWAY TRACK | Mar 30, 18 | Oct 04, 18 | Not available |
| 2018/0111,632 | MAGNETIC RAIL SHUNT WITH VARIABLE RESISTOR | Oct 23, 17 | Apr 26, 18 | Not available |
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