ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,614, issued on June 17, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Germany).

"Control apparatus and control method for an anti-slide system" was invented by Marcus Fischer (Munich) and Thomas Rasel (Hohenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for an anti-slide system of a rail vehicle includes a slip control device, which is designed to determine a slip between the wheel and a rail operatively connected thereto from the sensed state variables, the slip control device being designed to actuate the actuator by the output device. The control apparatus further has a slip li...