ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,277, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to VOESTALPINE SIGNALING USA INC..

"Railcar acoustic monitoring system and method of use" was invented by James R. Bilodeau (Loveland, Colo.), John D. Ritchey (Loveland, Colo.), Eric C. Sprengle (Loveland, Colo.) and Jody Lutz (Loveland, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microphone assembly including an outer housing, an inner housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a cord. The outer housing includes an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and defining an opening there through, and a plurality of attachment structures protruding from the inner surface thereof. The inner...