ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,017, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Germany).

"System for providing operational data" was invented by Marc-Oliver Herden (Munich), Thomas Merkel (Hurth, Germany) and Sebastian Rehberger (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing operational data of a vehicle component, in particular of a component of an air supply system of a rail vehicle, includes at least one detector for capturing the operational data of the vehicle component; a transmitter coupled to the at least one detector, for transmitting the operational data of the vehicle component to an external memor...