ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,412, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A. (Piossasco, Italy).

"Braking system for at least one railway vehicle and railway signaling architecture" was invented by Luc Imbert (Turin, Italy) and Matteo Frea (Cantalupa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking system for at least one railway vehicle is described, which is arranged to provide to either the at least one trackside signaling system, or the at least one on-board vehicle signaling system, or both the at least one trackside signaling system and the at least one on-board vehicle signaling system, information regarding respective factors affe...