ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,889, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH (Vienna).
"Energy dissipation device" was invented by Philipp Heinzl (Enzenreith, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy dissipation device for a rail vehicle, includes a baffle plate that is configured to absorb and transfer impacting collision forces, a rear plate that is configured to fasten the energy dissipation device to a vehicle structure and at least two buckling plates arranged between the baffle plate and the rear plate, where the at least two buckling plates are provided with a pre-deformation in the direction of a desired deformation direction,...