US Patent Issued to Siemens Mobility on Aug. 12 for "Device and method for detecting an obstruction of a railroad crossing gate" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,436, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Inc. (New York).

"Device and method for detecting an obstruction of a railroad crossing gate" was invented by Paul Young (Louisville, Ky.) and Nathan Fletcher (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossing gate mechanism includes an electric motor with one or more sensor(s), a crossing gate arm operated via the electric motor, and a controller configured to control the electric motor to raise or lower the crossing gate arm in response to a gate control signal. The controller is further configured to sense a motion of the crossing gate arm and detect an obstruction t...