US Patent Issued to voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak on July 15 for "Switch point roller assembly" (Alabama, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,377, issued on July 15, was assigned to voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC (Sheridan, Wyo.).

"Switch point roller assembly" was invented by Thomas Bostany (Birmingham, Ala.), Bradley Gene Smith (Vestavia, Ala.), Eric Chandler Gray (Birmingham, Ala.), Adam Patrick Karnes-Aceves (Crown Point, Ind.) and Brent Alan Duffner (Pinson, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed solution generally relates to a switch point roller assembly. The switch point roller assembly is configured to be operatively connected to a switch point within a railway switch. The switch point roller assembly comprises a spring, a bolt assembly, a roll...