US Patent Issued to Ottobahn on March 31 for "Elevated railway-like transport system, method for distance control, computer program product, and control device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,778, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ottobahn GmbH (Pullach im Isartal, Germany).

"Elevated railway-like transport system, method for distance control, computer program product, and control device" was invented by Adrian Heinrich Sichau (Holzgerlingen, Germany), Bernd Stuke (Leonberg, Germany), Felix Jaegle (Ditzingen, Germany), Gael Le Hen (Ludwigsburg, Germany) and Olaf Ohlhafer (Erligheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevated railway-like transport system. The system includes a carrier system with rail-like or cable-like carrier elements that are fastened in the area of portal-like support elements, and includes...