US Patent Issued to Plasser American on July 22 for "Track maintenance machine and measurement method for a track maintenance machine" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,040, issued on July 22, was assigned to Plasser American Corp. (Chesapeake, Va.).

"Track maintenance machine and measurement method for a track maintenance machine" was invented by James Resio (Virginia Beach, Va.), Francesco G Lezzi (Chesapeake, Va.) and Hakki Hakan Uzuner (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track maintenance machine, with a sensor for identifying an A-point of a chord, having a frame, axles, and wheels operatively connected to the axles and configured to support the machine on a track. A workhead is arranged between the axles. A B-point is placed at the workhead at a predetermined height above the...