ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,455, issued on June 10, was assigned to Stadler Rail AG (Bussnang, Sweden).

"Bogie for a rail vehicle and rail vehicle with a bogie" was invented by Bruno Meier (Zurich, Switzerland) and Alexander Holtgrewe (Bohlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a bogie for a rail vehicle. One embodiment of a rail vehicle includes a bogie frame and at least four wheels arranged at the bogie frame. The bogie frame has a first and second frame parts, each frame part including a longitudinal beam and a cross beam. Each cross beam can be fixedly attached at the first end to the respective longitudinal beam. Each cross beam includ...