MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641127065 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on October 25, 2026, for Batteryless, Rain-Event-Triggered Differential Hydraulic And Vibration Monitoring For Railway Drainage Blockage Localization.

Inventors include Srinivasn P; Tamil Selvan P; and Sri Krishna R.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy-harvesting railway drainage obstruction monitoring system configured to detect, classify, and localize obstructions in railway drainage channels. The system comprises an energy-harvesting assembly configured to convert hydraulic-head variat...