US Patent Issued to HITACHI on Nov. 3 for "Straddle type monorail vehicle and assembly method thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,267, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).

"Straddle type monorail vehicle and assembly method thereof" was invented by Shuji Hirano (Tokyo), Kazuya Furuta (Tokyo), Yoshiyuki Hagihara (Tokyo) and Meichuan Chen (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a straddle type monorail vehicle in which a center pin provided in a vehicle body can be mechanically fastened to a center pin holding portion provided in a bogie via a cushioning rubber with a small number of work steps, and an assembly method thereof. The center pin has a hollow shape in which both ends are opened, and includes a large cylindrical portion on ...