ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,796, issued on April 29, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Wedge driver and method therefor" was invented by Mike E. Teaford (Topeka, Kan.), Ryan L. Kimberlin (Meriden, Kan.) and Larry C. Valentine (Berryton, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wedge driver and method therefor is presented. A wedge driver can be operably coupled to different ends of a link joiner to drive a wedge therebetween to form a single link. The wedge driver can also drive the wedge out of the link joiner. The present disclosure provides the benefit of allowing the safe and effective removal of the link joiner by preventing violent or for...