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UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    4,033
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UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CO has a total of 4,033 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1898. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and France. Its main competitors in its focus markets transport, electrical machinery and energy and semiconductors are GEN RAILWAY SIGNAL CO, VER EISENBAHN SIGNALWERKE GMBH and FED SIGNAL COMPANY.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL COs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 3,071
#2 Canada 842
#3 France 69
#4 United Kingdom 40
#5 Spain 8
#6 Japan 2
#7 Switzerland 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Bone Herbert L 188
#2 Lewis Lloyd V 119
#3 Thompson Howard A 117
#4 Young Henry S 115
#5 Mccann Ronald A 103
#6 Baughman George W 97
#7 Gilson Robert M 97
#8 Sorensen Andrew J 91
#9 Wallace Herbert A 90
#10 Nicholson Frank H 86

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2566969A Power supply means
GB684251A Improvements relating to train or vehicle describers
US2543314A Battery-charging apparatus
US2545841A Antistorage control apparatus for railway track switches
GB659390A Improvements in electric relays of the flasher type
US2530587A Battery charging apparatus
US2515868A Coded track circuit apparatus
US2503716A Coded track circuit employing feedback energy
US2547664A Railway signal lighting control apparatus
US2492399A Remote control system
US2549371A Electrical relay
US2514440A Electrical terminal
US2546331A Railway signal control system
US2496591A Socket assembly tool
US2559392A On track railway brake
US2528064A Railway drawbridge circuit controller
US2507728A Inductive communication system between moving vehicles and conventional telephone subscribers
US2490435A Electrical rectifier construction
US2497505A Electron tube circuits
US2529280A Coupling unit for communication systems