ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,254, issued on March 17, was assigned to China Academy of Machinery Wuhan Research Institute of Materials Protection Co. Ltd. (Wuhan, China) and China Hubei Longzhong Laboratory (Xiangyang, China).

"Grinding simulation test device and method for steel turnout rail of rail transit" was invented by Haitao Duan (Wuhan, China), Dan Jia (Wuhan, China), Jinhong You (Wuhan, China), Wulin Zhang (Wuhan, China), Shengpeng Zhan (Wuhan, China) and Yu Cheng (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grinding simulation test device and method for a steel turnout rail of rail transit are provided. The device includes a rotary unit, a reciproca...