US Patent Issued to Ottobahn on Nov. 4 for "Transfer equipment for self-propelled cars on a route network similar to an elevated railway" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,545, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ottobahn GmbH (Pullach im Isartal, Germany).

"Transfer equipment for self-propelled cars on a route network similar to an elevated railway" was invented by Felix Jaegle (Ditzingen, Germany), Bernd Stuke (Leonberg, Germany) and Olaf Ohlhafer (Erligheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transfer equipment for self-propelled cars on a route network similar to an elevated railway. The route network includes at least one track element and at least one intersection, turning or end point, in the region of which the self-propelled car can be transferred from the at least one track element onto an a...