US Patent Issued to Norfolk Southern on Oct. 27 for "Track geometry inspection" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,884, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Norfolk Southern Corp. (Atlanta).

"Track geometry inspection" was invented by Richard Scott Hailey (Atlanta) and Michael Gerard Allran (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for track inspection are discussed herein. One or more imaging devices of a track profile sensor assembly can be positioned to capture images of a track. The track profile sensor assembly can be enclosed within a weather-resistant structure. An inertial measurement unit of the track profile sensor assembly can detect motion data associated with a rail vehicle. A geolocation sensor can determine a curren...