US Patent Issued to Thales Management & Services Deutschland on Nov. 11 for "Device for fixing and positioning a rail monitoring element and use of said device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,211, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Thales Management & Services Deutschland GmbH (Ditzingen, Germany).

"Device for fixing and positioning a rail monitoring element and use of said device" was invented by Kassen Oldewurtel (Markgroeningen, Germany) and Kai Schicker (Mehltheuer, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for fixing and positioning a rail monitoring element on a rail web of a rail having a rail foot, the rail web, and a rail head, includes a clamping device which can be fastened to the rail. A pressing ram is for pressing the rail monitoring element against the rail web. The pressing ram can be pressed against...