CPC Main Group
B61L 1/00 Devices along the route controlled by interaction with the vehicle or train (detonators B61L5/20; operation of points or signals by passage of the vehicle B61L11/00, B61L13/00; operation of gates, or gates and signals, by approaching vehicle B61L29/18)
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B61L 1/02 Electric devices associated with track
- B61L 1/12 Electric devices associated with overhead trolley wires
- B61L 1/14 Devices for indicating the passing of the end of the vehicle or train
- B61L 1/16 Devices for counting axles; Devices for counting vehicles
- B61L 1/18 Railway track circuits (rail joints E01B11/00, e.g. insulated rail joints E01B11/54)
- B61L 1/20 Safety arrangements for preventing or indicating malfunction of the device, e.g. by leakage current, by lightning
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
- SIEMENS DE 2,133
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
- BYD COMPANY 821
- KRRI KR 761
- HITACHI JP 752
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721