US Patent Issued to HJR Equipment Rental on March 24 for "System and method of re-profiling locomotive railcar wheels" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,037, issued on March 24, was assigned to HJR Equipment Rental Inc. (Escanaba, Mich.).

"System and method of re-profiling locomotive railcar wheels" was invented by Harold F. Ross (Escanaba, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus reconfigures or configures a wheel associated with a train. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to engage the wheel a compound slide system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axes. The compound slide system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile. The slide system can be moved mechanically and/or pneumatically and/or can use a mechanical profi...