ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,536, issued on May 20, was assigned to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. (Pittsburgh).
"Hybrid communication system" was invented by Charles L. Wolf (Olney, Md.), Benjamin Henniges (Mount Airy, Md.), Mark Uehling (Germantown, Md.) and Michael Silva (Olney, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system may be provided that includes a lead communication assembly configured to be disposed onboard a lead vehicle in a multi-vehicle system, and a remote communication assembly configured to be disposed onboard a remote vehicle in the multi-vehicle system. The lead communication assembly and the remote communication assem...