US Patent Issued to Faiveley Transport Italia on Aug. 5 for "System for the generation of compressed air and for air conditioning, for a railway vehicle" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,706, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Faiveley Transport Italia S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).

"System for the generation of compressed air and for air conditioning, for a railway vehicle" was invented by Roberto Tione (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is described comprising a first compressor for generating compressed air to feed a main tank and a main brake pipe of the railway vehicle through an air drying unit and a second compressor for compressing a refrigerant gas for an air conditioning system. The system comprises a single electric motor for generating a mechanical torque to be selectively supplied to the first c...