US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on June 17 for "End of train device with integrated antenna" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,698, issued on June 17, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"End of train device with integrated antenna" was invented by Padam Dhoj Swar (Clarksburg, Md.), Benjamin L. Henniges (Mt. Airy, Md.), Michael B. Colson (Woodbine, Md.), Carl L. Haas (Walkersville, Md.) and David Andrew Gloyd (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device adapted for attachment to a coupler of a trailing railcar of a train includes an enclosure defining an internal compartment, a port adapted for connection to an air brake hose receiving air from a brake pipe of the train, a handle extending from the enclosure, a com...