US Patent Issued to MATISA MATERIEL INDUSTRIEL on June 24 for "Transfer car for sleepers and the associated railway vehicle" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,582, issued on June 24, was assigned to MATISA MATERIEL INDUSTRIEL S.A. (Crissier, Switzerland).

"Transfer car for sleepers and the associated railway vehicle" was invented by Jorge Bustamante (Crissier, Switzerland) and Jacques Pilet (Crissier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transfer car (100) for sleepers designed to outfit a railway vehicle of the type comprising equipment for laying down new sleepers (21) and/or removing worn sleepers (22), the transfer car (100) comprising an undercarriage (110) supported by at least one running gear (112), the transfer car (100) being characterized in that...