US Patent Issued to Wabtec Hauts-de-France on July 1 for "Braking system comprising brake rigging, and vehicle equipped with such a braking system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,289, issued on July 1, was assigned to Wabtec Hauts-de-France (Amiens, France).

"Braking system comprising brake rigging, and vehicle equipped with such a braking system" was invented by Claudino Goncalves (Ribeaucourt, France), Denis Gerber-Papin (L'Etoile, France) and Damien Beauvois (Amiens, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a railway braking system for a rail vehicle. The system includes a brake rigging, a service and/or parking brake designed to act on at least one braking member of the vehicle via the brake rigging (which is provided with at least one device having at least one lining support and at ...