ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,059, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Germany).

"Monitoring and measuring device, and method for monitoring and for measuring parameters of an air supply system of vehicles, in particular rail vehicles" was invented by Michael Winkler (Munich), Anouar Gmati (Munich), Marc-Oliver Herden (Munich), Martin Linner (Schwindegg, Germany), Martin Schmid (Munich) and Alexander Kirmayr (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring and measuring device for an air supply system of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes a compressor which is designed to provide compressed air; a de...