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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841564 | Device for automatically controlling a track-bound vehicle A device for automatically controlling a track-bound vehicle, particularly a magnetic levitation vehicle is described. The device comprises a drive and brake system (4), an additional brake (9), a stationary mounted travel computer (5) and data ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7277043 | Tactical aircraft check algorithm, system and method A method of generating aircraft tactical alerts includes receiving track positions for two aircraft; receiving trajectories and static conformance bounds for the two aircraft; receiving current position for the two aircraft; generating tactical check segments and va... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7257471 | Communications device for remote control of rail track switches in a train yard A communications device is provided for routing a locomotive over a track layout in a train yard. The locomotive is operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destinations in said track layout... | 08/14/2007 |
| RE39758 | Remote control system for a locomotive A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the commands of the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7073753 | Integrated train control An integrated train control system (FIGS. 1 and 6) is a combination of systems including: EP-60 (FIG. 2) CCBII (FIG. 3), Wired DP (FIG. 4), and LEADER (FIG. 5). The integrated train control system (FIG. 6) includes a ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076343 | Portable communications device integrating remote control of rail track switches and movement of a locomotive in a train yard A communications device is provided for controlling operation of an unmanned locomotive over a track layout in a train yard. The locomotive is operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destin... | 07/11/2006 |
| RE39011 | Remote control system for a locomotive A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary-coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the commands of the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6980894 | Method of managing interference during delay recovery on a train system The present invention provides methods for preventing low train voltages and managing interference, thereby improving the efficiency, reliability, and passenger comfort associated with commuter trains. An algorithm implementing neural network technology is used to p... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6679459 | Electric overhead conveyer The invention relates to an electric overhead conveyer comprising a large number of carriages (8), which circulate on a running rail system (1). Each carriage (8) has an autonomous carriage control (11), whose memory stores (13) all the data for the rail ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6353780 | Grade speed control and method for railway freight vehicle A grade speed control system and method for a railway freight vehicle can include a microprocessor receiving input from, for example, the dynamic and independent brakes on the locomotive, and the brakes on each rail car. The microprocessor can store value... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6332107 | Efficient high density train operations The present invention provides methods for preventing low train voltages and managing interference, thereby improving the efficiency, reliability, and passenger comfort associated with commuter trains. An algorithm implementing neural network technology i... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6108596 | Process and device for the control and/or regulation of wagon body tilt systems A process and a device for the control and/or regulation of a wagon body tilt system (1) for a railed vehicle, e.g., a train. Limit values with respect to comfort are taken into consideration for this purpose. In an equivalent way, these limit values pres... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5924653 | Traffic control system and method of controlling the movement of a mobile unit A traffic control system for mobile units has a plurality of stationary, passive units having electronic store capacity and transmit and receive facilities. The store of the passive units contains an information code which is unique to the unit and is rel... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5901650 | Dynamic buffer for conveyor modules A method of operating an automotive production line including the steps of advancing a plurality of self-propelled carriages along a conveyor of the production line. The carriages are continuously advanced at a fixed operational speed and a fixed operatio... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5893043 | Process and arrangement for determining the position of at least one point of a track-guided vehicle A process and an arrangement for determining the position of a vehicle moving on a given track by using a map matching process is provided. At least three types of position measuring data in the form of object site data, path length data and route course ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5564657 | Electronically controlled locomotive throttle controller including remote multiple unit throttle control An electrically controlled railway locomotive throttle controller including a power source connected to a central processing unit disposed on such locomotive. An encoder device is disposed on such locomotive for providing at least one electrical signal to... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5511749 | Remote control system for a locomotive A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the comma... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5487516 | Train control system A train control system includes an equipment for issuing, to a train under control based on a predetermined train schedule, an operational target to be attained in terms of the aimed position, aimed time and aimed speed. Once a target is issued, a possibl... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5436631 | System for targeted braking of vehicles A system for identifying momentary location and the momentary velocity of, in particular, a rail-bound vehicle, has a transmission/evaluation unit having an antenna for emitting a high-frequency pulse and for receiving a reflected pulse reply signal. Surf... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5388789 | System for safely and automatically controlling the distance between vehicles The present invention provides a system for automatically controlling the distance between vehicles following each other on the same drive track which includes in each vehicle a drive device, brake device, distance sensing device, vehicle speed measuring ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5222024 | Method of and apparatus for controlling vehicle speed A method of and an apparatus for controlling the moving speed of a vehicle, which makes a vehicle run at a constant speed independent of applied load by specifically instructing the moving speed according to the difference between the computed number of p... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5109343 | Method and apparatus for verification of rail braking distances A braking distance verification system is disclosed which makes use of a specially designed pulse to voltage converter circuit and a portable computer-based data acquisition system to measure grade, speed, and distance information of any rail vehicle. The... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5107770 | Conveyor drive system A drive controller for a rail supported conveyor device made up of a plurality of wheel driven support carriages linked together includes a revolution sensor on one of the drive wheels of one of the support carriages, individual torque controllers on each... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5018689 | Method and device for stopping vehicle at predetermined position Disclosed are a method and a device for stopping a vehicle at a predetermined position in which the distance between actual and target positions of the vehicle and the velocity and accleration of the vehicle are detected so as to perform brake control by ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5006989 | Digital vital rate decoder This invention relates to cab signalling systems that receive various permissible maximum speed signals and decode the maximum speed signal to inform the engineman of a train of the current maximum safe speed that a train may travel. The apparatus of this... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4984521 | Conveyor control The invention is a conveyor control system having self-propelled vehicles having wheels, each driven by a motor (14) to move along rails. The system includes power rails (18) for supplying power to the vehicle (12) and at least one command rail (20, 21) w... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4944539 | Differential creepage control system for optimizing adhesion of locomotives This invention concerns a creepage control system for locomotives that optimizes adhesion while minimizing wasted energy, rail/wheel wear and shock loading on the drive train. The basis of the invention is to always maintain a small but positive value of ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4919057 | Conveyor control through binary coding The invention is a conveyor control system having self-propelled vehicles having wheels, each driven by a motor (14) to move along rails. The system includes power rails (18) for supplying power to the vehicle (12) and at least one command rail (20, 21) w... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4915328 | Control method of electric vehicle A control method of an electric vehicle in which a frictional contact of rotating or stationary wheels of the electric vehicle to a rail road is recovered again when the wheels are in a slipping condition which is determined by a variable concerning rotat... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4852007 | Method and device for stopping vehicle at predetermined position A method and a device for stopping a vehicle at a predetermined position in which the distance between actual and target positions of the vehicle and the velocity and acceleration of the vehicle are detected so as to perform brake control by selecting bra... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4710880 | Vehicle speed control apparatus and method A passenger vehicle is provided for movement along a track having an input speed command including ONE and ZERO information components to control the vehicle speed. A first control apparatus including at least a first microprocessor is responsive to the O... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4618930 | Automatic train control apparatus In an ATC apparatus, an ROM stores a plurality of parameters used for identification of an ATC signal. These parameters are sequentially read out from the ROM and applied to a ring-arithmetic type frequency pattern generating circuit to be converted into ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4578754 | Vehicle brake control apparatus and method The speed of a vehicle is controlled in response to a new speed command lower than a previous speed command such that a safe brake speed profile reference is provided for increasing the average speed of the train in relation to the new speed command and b... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4562543 | Vehicle speed control apparatus and method A speed control system for a passenger vehicle provides a predetermined brake mode operation to control the vehicle speed when the vehicle speed plus a determined speed offset responsive to a calculated effort request signal is equal to or greater than a ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4556941 | Transit vehicle speed maintaining control apparatus and method There is disclosed a speed control apparatus and method for a passenger vehicle moving along a track in response to an input command speed, which produces fewer operative changes between the brake mode and the power mode for an improved speed maintaining ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4486839 | Synchronous wheel-slip protection system A synchronous wheel-slip control system for a multi-axle vehicle having a speed sensor for producing signals representative of the velocity of each of the wheel axle units. A differentiator connected to each of the speed sensors for differentiating the ve... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4475159 | Method of storing vehicle operating condition parameters An anti-skid brake system for vehicles is proposed in which various transducers for detecting operating condition parameters of the vehicle are provided, which cooperate with an evaluation circuit in such a manner that control signals are formed on the ba... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4410154 | Transit vehicle brake control apparatus and method There is disclosed a transit vehicle brake control apparatus and method which determines a safe brake velocity for the vehicle in relation to a speed control relationship including roadway system design deceleration, the deceleration of the vehicle in rel... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4401970 | Vital lowest speed command selector A separate relay is connected across the output of each speed command filter decoder in the train carried apparatus, except that decoder associated with the highest authorized speed. Each relay has special make-and-break contacts which cannot be simultane... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4384250 | Vital vehicle movement detector The speed proportional frequency signal from the speed generator being checked is amplified and applied to a highpass filter-rectifier with a low frequency limit corresponding to a predetermined minimum train speed. Polarity of the rectified output is opp... | 05/17/1983 |
