US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on June 2 for "Polymer-based railroad tie having enhanced ballast interaction" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,232, issued on June 2, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Polymer-based railroad tie having enhanced ballast interaction" was invented by Thomas J. Nosker (Stockton, N.J.) and Arya S. Tewatia (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A railroad tie formed of a polymeric or polymeric composite material and configured for enhanced mechanical interaction with an underlying ballast. The tie includes at least a top longitudinal surface, a pair of side longitudinal surfaces, a bottom longitudinal surface, and two end faces. At least the bottom longitudinal surface includes a plurality ...