US Patent Issued to Herzog Services on Aug. 19 for "Roller search unit having integrated digital circuitry for detecting rail defects" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,756, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Herzog Services Inc. (St. Joseph, Mo.).

"Roller search unit having integrated digital circuitry for detecting rail defects" was invented by Andy White (Savannah, Mo.), Troy L. Elbert (St. Joseph, Mo.), Brent T. Applebury (St. Joseph, Mo.), Timothy J. Coolman (Savannah, Mo.) and Jason Roe (St. Joseph, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller search unit for detecting rail defects with integrated digital circuitry includes a liquid filled tire mounted to an axle assembly with wheels. An ultrasonic transducer array positioned within a housing is positioned within the within the tire and coupled...