US Patent Issued to Norfolk Southern on Oct. 27 for "Electronic vent valves and systems and methods relating thereto" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,976, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Norfolk Southern Corp. (Atlanta).

"Electronic vent valves and systems and methods relating thereto" was invented by Brian Yeager (Atlanta), Brent Ballew (Atlanta), Jessica Ballew (Atlanta) and Jaisen Gil (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods relating to an electronic vent valve are disclosed. The electronic vent valve can include a plurality of inlets and a plurality of air galleries. Each air gallery can be in fluid communication with a corresponding inlet. The electronic vent valve can include an exit air gallery in fluid communication with each of the plurality of air g...