ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,572, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Nencki AG (Langenthal, Switzerland).
"Test stand for testing bogies of rail vehicles" was invented by Thomas Schertenleib (Langenthal, Switzerland) and Hans Borer (Lohn-Ammannsegg, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test stand for testing bogies of rail vehicles is described herein. The test stand includes a load application unit for generating a linear application force for a bogie to be tested. The load application unit includes a hydraulic cylinder with a piston rod. The hydraulic cylinder is a double-acting cylinder, the cylinder chambers of which are pressurized with hydraulic fl...