US Patent Issued to G.C.F. GENERALE COSTRUZIONI FERROVIARIE on June 24 for "Apparatus for monitoring mechanical joints of railway rails" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,182, issued on June 24, was assigned to G.C.F. GENERALE COSTRUZIONI FERROVIARIE S.P.A. (Rome).

"Apparatus for monitoring mechanical joints of railway rails" was invented by Massimo Platini (Rome), Elisa Duca (Como, Italy), Marco Renzetti (Rome) and Marco Cavaciuti (San Donato Milanese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring apparatus for mechanical joints of railway rails is provided. The monitoring apparatus has a tubular shaped body, two terminations disposed at ends of the tubular shaped body, and a strain gauge placed inside the tubular shaped body between the two terminations, stabilized to and integral with an end of...