US Patent Issued to BNSF Railway on Feb. 3 for "Cable terminal end cinch tools and methods" (Nebraska, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,654, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Cable terminal end cinch tools and methods" was invented by Warren D. Forbes (Sidney, Iowa) and Edward W. Lippold (Rulo, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for applying a terminal end of a cable includes a base plate having a threaded rod support, and a threaded rod inserted through an aperture of the threaded rod support. The apparatus further includes an anchor coupled to the base plate and configured to couple a terminal end body of a cable to the apparatus, and a cinch trolly slidebly coupled to the base plate via a groove. The cinch trolly...