US Patent Issued to ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen on July 29 for "Device and method for the maintenance of an overhead line system of a track" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,926, issued on July 29, was assigned to ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH (Freilassing, Germany).

"Device and method for the maintenance of an overhead line system of a track" was invented by Gregor Schmid (Ainring, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for the maintenance of an overhead line system of a track has a handling device and a displacement device. The displacement device serves to displace the handling device between a transport position and a working position. In the working position, the handling device reaches the overhead line system and is able to perform maintenance work by way of a tool. At least one sensor serv...