US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods for inspection of a track of an amusement attraction" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,450, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for inspection of a track of an amusement attraction" was invented by Howard Bruce Mall Jr. (Winter Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attraction system includes a track, a support vehicle having a wheel assembly configured to adjustably engage the track and having a sensor configured to capture a characteristic of the attraction system. In addition, the attraction system comprises a control assembly configured to control the support vehicle to traverse the track via the wheel assembly and receive, from the s...