ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,600, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Nordco Inc..
"Route maintenance system and method" was invented by Allan Irion (Milwaukee), William D. Straub (Elm Grove, Wis.), Bruce Michael Boczkiewicz (Castine, Maine), Justin Jerome Pipol (Hartland, Wis.), Kyle Matthew Neubauer (Lexington, S.C.), Nichalos Lee Schultz (New Berlin, Wis.) and Jim Boyd (Oak Creek, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail maintenance of way machine for a route is provided that includes a single chassis supporting a plurality of working modules. The modules include at least a broom module that can manipulate ballast and loose material that are disposed on a loca...