ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,699, issued on June 17, was assigned to Vallourec Tubos do Brasil Ltda. (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
"Monitoring system of a railroad axle and peripherals" was invented by Ronaldo De Faria Antunes (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Antonio Sergio Medeiros Fonseca (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Diego Silva Melo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a system for monitoring a railroad axle and its peripherals comprising a steel axle (10), and at least one monitoring device (20) coupled to the axle and its elements (10), wherein the at least one monitoring device (20) performs measurements of data indic...