ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,463, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Locomotive engine injection harness tester" was invented by Dustin Roduner (Topeka, Kan.) and Roger L. Jackson III (Tecumseh, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for determining the integrity of an engine harness are provided. In embodiments, an engine harness tester may include a power source providing an input voltage, a voltage regulator configured to convert an input voltage to an operating voltage, which may be applied to individual circuits that include segments of the engine harness routed through corresponding injector...