US Patent Issued to Siemens Mobility on Aug. 12 for "Automated counterbalance system and method for determining counterbalance and adjusting counterweights of a crossing gate" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,435, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Inc. (New York).

"Automated counterbalance system and method for determining counterbalance and adjusting counterweights of a crossing gate" was invented by Leonard Wydotis (Marion, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated counterbalance system includes a crossing gate mechanism with an electric motor, a sensing device and a motor control unit, a crossing gate with a crossing gate arm and one or more counterweights, wherein the crossing gate arm is operated by the crossing gate mechanism, wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to monitor an electrical char...