US Patent Issued to HITACHI RAIL STS on Feb. 3 for "Railway vehicle provided with LIDAR devices" (British, Italian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,010, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HITACHI RAIL STS S.P.A. (Naples, Italy).

"Railway vehicle provided with LIDAR devices" was invented by Eduardo Fernandez Moral (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain), Alexander Paradzinets (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain), Heiko Niermann (Ergolding, Germany), Anthony Ohazulike (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain), Massimiliano Lenardi (Buckinghamshire, Great Britain), Giuseppe Graber (Naples, Italy), Francesco Canora (Naples, Italy), Gaetano D'Andria (Naples, Italy), Luigi Fratelli (Naples, Italy) and Gavino Lace (Naples, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A railway vehicle has two side walls facing each...