US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Railway communications system" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,424, issued on July 21.

"Railway communications system" was invented by Jack Christie (Penshurst, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a rail-based system (1000) for communication between a plurality of railway vehicles. The system (1000) comprises a contact (100) adapted for providing an electrical connection between at least one of the plurality of railway vehicles (2000) and at least one rail track (3000); a transceiver (102) associated with at least one of the plurality of railway vehicles (2000). The transceiver (2000) is adapted to transmit and/or receive an electrical signal by way of the contact (100) ...