ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,324, issued on June 3, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH (Vienna).
"Method and device for detecting a derailed state of a rail vehicle" was invented by Christian Kitzmuller (Graz, Austria), Andreas Koller (Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld, Austria) and Johannes Simon (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for detecting a derailment state of a rail vehicle, wherein at least one kinematic variable is respectively measured via first and second sensors with respect to first and second wheelset end portions and corresponding measurement signals are formed, processed and evaluated, where values of first an...