US Patent Issued to HITACHI RAIL STS USA on June 10 for "Independent rail test release mechanism" (Pennsylvania, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,458, issued on June 10, was assigned to HITACHI RAIL STS USA INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Independent rail test release mechanism" was invented by Andrew Imhof (Pittsburgh), Sheldon Adam Benton (Murrysville, Pa.), Barrett Swygert (Lexington, S.C.), David F. Byrne (Delmont, Pa.), William A. Chisholm Jr. (Washington, Pa.) and Kevin McQuistian (East Brady, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test release mechanism for a railway switch machine includes a block structured to attach to a lock box in order to move in conjunction with the lock box and a lift pin structured to be operable to selectively engage and disengage the block with a slide bar...