US Patent Issued to Pilz on Dec. 16 for "Interface adapter for controlling a track-side object of a railway installation" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,086, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Pilz GmbH & Co. KG (Ostfildern, Germany).

"Interface adapter for controlling a track-side object of a railway installation" was invented by Carlus van Maarschalkerweerd (Ostfildern, Germany) and Willem Sonneveldt (Ostfildern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface adapter for controlling a track-side object of a railway installation includes an analog input from an external source and an analog output to drive an electromechanical relay circuit. A bidirectional digital communication interface communicates digital data including first digital data transmitted and second digital data...