US Patent Issued to Siemens Mobility on Nov. 11 for "Device and method for responding to loss-of-brake on a railroad crossing gate mechanism" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,453, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Inc. (New York).

"Device and method for responding to loss-of-brake on a railroad crossing gate mechanism" was invented by Paul Young (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossing gate mechanism includes an electric brushless direct current (BLDC) motor with a sensing device, a crossing gate arm operated via the BLDC motor, a motor brake coupled to the BLDC motor, wherein the motor brake is configured to hold the crossing gate arm in a position, and a controller configured to control the BLDC motor, wherein the controller is configured to control the BLDC motor to ...