US Patent Issued to WABTEC Hauts-de-France, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps on July 14 for "Pantograph positioning system" (American, Italian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,214, issued on July 14, was assigned to WABTEC Hauts-de-France (Amiens, France) and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (Cedex, France).

"Pantograph positioning system" was invented by Henri Guillaume Marie De Buretel De Chassey (Piossasco, Italy), Philippe Geoffroy (Ballan Mire, France), Santosh Reddy Sama (Erie, Pa.) and Brett Daniel Heher (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pantograph positioning system may include a contact strip, a main valve, a supply line, at least one feeder line, and a detection line. The contact strip may be fastened to a pantograph and equipped with a wear detection circuit supplied a fluid. The main valve may...