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B61L 23/22

for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Control, warning or like safety means along the route or between vehicles or trains > for controlling traffic in two directions over the same pair of rails

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
RAILWAYS
Subclass:
GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC

Additional Content

Station blocking between signal boxes in one yard

4 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B61L 23/24 using token systems, e.g. train staffs, tablets
  • B61L 23/26 with means for actuating signals from the vehicle or by passage of the vehicle
  • B61L 23/28 using non-automatic blocking from a place along the route

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
  2. CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,941
  4. ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
  5. BYD COMPANY 1,371
  6. CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
  7. CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
  8. CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
  9. BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
  10. SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958