ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,456, issued on June 10, was assigned to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. (Pittsburgh).
"Systems and methods for detecting brake system anomalies" was invented by James A. Oswald (Coggon, Iowa), Ann K. Grimm (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Kevin Angel (Marion, Iowa), James Trainor (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Phillip A. Burgart (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Kendrick W. Gawne (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include detecting a first pressure and a second pressure of a fluid in a brake pipe of a vehicle system that includes a plurality of vehicles and extends from a lead vehicle to an end vehicle. The first pressure m...