ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,759, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"System, method and apparatus for lading measurement in a rail car" was invented by Darrell Robert Krueger (Lecompton, Kan.) and Corey D. Wills (Berryton, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail vehicle includes a truck having wheels for engaging a railroad track, a bolster supported by the truck, and a tank supported by the bolster for storing a lading. A measurement system measures the level of the lading within the tank and includes gauges and a controller. The gauges are disposed at selected points on the bolster for sensing at least one of lateral a...