US Patent Issued to LEITNER on Sept. 30 for "Aerial cable transportation system and method for operating such a system" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,041, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LEITNER S.P.A. (Vipiteno, Italy).

"Aerial cable transportation system and method for operating such a system" was invented by Rudolf Beha (Vipiteno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial cable transportation system comprising: at least one hauling cable; a first fixed structure; at least one transportation unit; a plurality of sensors configured for detecting the passage of the transportation units; a control unit; wherein the plurality of sensors comprises at least a first sensor arranged at the exit area of the first fixed structure and at least a second sensor downstream of the fi...