US Patent Issued to Siemens Mobility on July 21 for "Crossing gate mechanism with integrated position detection and angle measurement" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,426, issued on July 21, was assigned to Siemens Mobility Inc. (New York).

"Crossing gate mechanism with integrated position detection and angle measurement" was invented by Brian Joseph Hogan (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossing gate mechanism includes an enclosure housing multiple components including a control unit configured to operate the crossing gate mechanism and associated crossing gate arm, an electric motor driving a main shaft, the main shaft extending outside the enclosure and the crossing gate arm being coupled to the main shaft, one or more electronic sensor(s) capable of providing angular informa...