US Patent Issued to Precision Rail and on June 16 for "Systems and methods for retarding the speed of a railcar" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,751, issued on June 16, was assigned to Precision Rail and Mfg. Inc. (Oak Creek, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for retarding the speed of a railcar" was invented by James D. Braatz (Oak Creek, Wis.), Ryan Flitsch (Salem Lakes, Wis.), Joshua Stockton (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.) and David Dworschack (Oak Creek, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for retarding a railcar having wheels. The system includes a brake and an actuator that moves the brake between a closed position in which the brake contacts the wheels of the railcar and an open position in which the brake does not contact the wheels of the railcar. The system further inc...