ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,261, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SHENZHEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY (Shenzhen, China).

"Methodology for vibration and noise control using modular rail particle damper in rail transit systems" was invented by Seyed Masoud Sajjadi Alehashem (Shenzhen, China), Yiqing Ni (Shenzhen, China) and Chao Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a novel methodology for vibration and noise control using modular rail particle damper in rail transit systems, which comprises steps: determining a target damper module corresponding to a vibration frequency content of a rail system, mult...