ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,737, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Guide rail beam, track beam unit, and track beam for rail vehicle" was invented by Saining Wang (Shenzhen, China), Xiaotong Liu (Shenzhen, China), Jing Yang (Shenzhen, China), Dandan Guan (Shenzhen, China) and Danli Wu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide rail beam (10), a track beam unit (100), and a track beam (1000) for a rail vehicle (7) are disclosed. The guide rail beam (10) includes a fixing plate (1), a flange plate (2), a web plate (3), and a stiffening rib (5). The fixing plate (1) is disposed on a mounting surface (20). The flange p...