MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517029196 A) filed by Bnsf Railway Company, Fort Worth, U.S.A., on March 27, for 'locked-axle spring compression system and method.'

Inventor(s) include Schafer, Henry, R.; Teaford, Mike; Romero, Christopher, M.; Meyers, Edward, M; Webb, Timothy; Kimberlin, Ryan, L.; and Valentine, Larry, C.

The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A locked-axle spring compression system and method configured to raise a rail vehicle wheel off a rail and transport the raised wheel along a rail is presented. In one embodiment, the present disclosure disc...