ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,831, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Alstom Holdings (Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France).
"Train coupler, system and method for automatic coupling trains, and related train" was invented by Ashwani Upadhyay (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A train coupler includes a mechanical coupler configured to couple with another train coupler, a primary pneumatic circuit, which includes a main air distribution line adapted to be connected with and supply air into a pneumatic circuit of the other train coupler, via a first inlet/outlet, an electrical head connected to a first actuator configured to be pneumatically actuated and dri...