ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,874, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"System and method for detecting axle body and filet cracks in rail vehicles" was invented by Hark Braren (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for in-service inspection of freight car axles are provided. A camber angle of a wheel attached to a target axle is measured at one or more points in a revolution of the wheel. A determination of whether a defect is present in the target axle is made based on the measured camber angle at the one or more points in the revolution of the wheel. A determination that a defect is present i...