ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,507, issued on March 4, was assigned to SIEMENS MOBILITY INC. (New York).
"Mid of train unit" was invented by Matthew Bolte (St. Michael, Minn.) and Mario Fernandes (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mid of train (MOT) mobile unit for use with a train is provided. The MOT mobile unit comprises a first hose for mounting the MOT mobile unit between first and second railway cars of the train located near a middle of the train and a radio for communications with an end of train (EOT) unit disposed on one end of the train and for communications with a head of train (HOT) unit disposed on other end of the train. With the ...