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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7210656 | Control, sound, and operating system for model trains A model train operating, sound and control system that provides a user with increased operating realism. A novel remote control communication capability between the user and the model trains. This feature is accomplished by using a handheld remote control on which v... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7167510 | Method and apparatus for assigning addresses to components in a control system The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for remotely controlling device, more particularly to a system and method for controlling locomotives in a railway environment using radio frequency signals. This invention makes use of a remote operator programming... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162337 | Automatic neutral section control system A method of controlling a neutral section operation of a train (14) including a lead locomotive (16) and at least one remote locomotive (12) in communication with the lead locomotive. The locomotives are electrically powered from respective elec... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143017 | Remote control locomotive simulator A remote control locomotive simulator including a display and a first input device similar to a remote control locomotive controller to be operated by the operator to provide train signals. A computer drives the display to move a train relative to a track in respons... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133272 | Solid-state replacement for locomotive relay A solid-state direct replacement relay assembly, and a method for installing and using it to replace the mechanical-style relays in the electrical cabinets of a locomotive. Solid-state relay components are substituted to upgrade locomotive relay systems, and to impr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6970096 | Transmitter used for remote-control system To provide a transmitter suitable for making it possible to change the identification information for a drive by using the data transmitted from a transmitter. The transmitter comprises a data generation device for alternately generating the data for controlling ope... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6903658 | Method and system for ensuring that a train operator remains alert during operation of the train A train control system requires a train operator to enter signal aspect information at each wayside signal position on a railroad and stops the train if the operator fails to enter aspect information without communicating with the wayside signal device to verify tha... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6536716 | Conversion throttle interface for model railroads A method of providing a new control capability to a conventional current control device connected to a model railroad control system includes the use of a conversion interface devices and a throttle user interface device. The conventional current control ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6259978 | Programmable relay driver A programmable device driver and system thereof are provided for segregating functions and hardware in a railway signaling environment The device driver includes a central processor with a memory and a timebase which is programmable to perform a function.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6198993 | Running vehicle control method for automatically controlling a plurality of vehicles running on a road An adjacent vehicle approach prohibition region is set before and after a to-be-converged moving target (MT) on a main line with reference to the to-be-converged MT. The to-be-converged MT corresponds to a converging MT assigned to a converging vehicle wh... | 03/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5999863 | Microcontroller embedded control circuit for model railroads The present invention relates to a DC power pack integrated with a micro-controller embedded controller for setting various voltages to accommodate different trains run on a track system. Micro-controller embedded controller (MECC) contains memory for pre... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5864304 | Wireless railroad grade crossing warning system A railroad-crossing warning system for protecting pedestrians and motorists from an oncoming train. The warning system has a vehicle detector system for determining whether a vehicle is stuck in an area of the railroad crossing, a train detector system fo... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5678789 | Model railroad car position indicator A model railroad car position indicator includes a sensor receptive to the presence of a model railroad car on a track. Control circuitry determines the location of the car relative to a predetermined position on the track and approves initiation of a mod... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5600564 | Coke oven battery with communication system A coke oven communication and control system uses high frequency spread spectrum transceivers which are land based (connected to a central controller) and machine based (on a charging car, door machine, pusher, or quench car). Each land based transceiver ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5592158 | Initialization beacon for initializing a stationary vehicle An initialization beacon for initializing a stationary vehicle, particularly for assisting the driving, operation, and maintenance of the stationary vehicle, comprises superposing cross-over structures Si, whereby each cross-over structure is made from a ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5467945 | Apparatus for improved block control of train operation The invention relates to an improved block control for controlling a train safely and efficiently along a railway system. The apparatus includes a mechanism for designating a train route, a mechanism for assigning a feeder section along the designated tra... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5452870 | Fixed data transmission system for controlling train movement A train control-system employs beacon transponders along the track to transmit fixed data to a passing train in addition to dynamic data relating to track availability and routing provided by encoded cab signals transmitted in the track. The fixed data in... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5294081 | Automatic control system for a railway vehicle's speed and stopping A device comprises a detector for detecting markers along the railway track processor for processing the signals supplied by the detector, in order to control the speed of a rail vehicle as a function of its position and instantaneous speed on a track sec... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5149024 | Conveyor carriage control system A system for controlling the movement of carriages in a conveyor system is disclosed in which individually powered carriages are controlled so as to stop a carriage at a designated position on the conveyor rail. Electrical contact wires extend along the c... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5127599 | Deceleration zone in a linear motor in-track transit system A deceleration zone in a linear motor in-track transit system is provided. The transit system includes a guideway and at least one vehicle carrying a linear motor secondary moveable along the guideway between a freight loading station and a freight unload... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5125347 | Power supply system for a linear motor type transportation system A power supply system for a linear motor type transportation system includes a series of driving coils disposed along a railroad track for producing a moving magnetic field to drive a train, a plurality of feeding blocks disposed along the railroad track ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5116002 | Stopping zones in a linear motor in-track transit system Stopping zones in a linear motor in-track transit system are provided. The transit system includes a guideway and at least one vehicle moveable along the guideway between freight loading and unloading stations. Stopping zones are designated at certain seg... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5074499 | System for transmitting initialization information between fixed installations and trains A system for transmitting initialization information between fixed installations and trains. The system comprises: an initialization loop (bi) physically constituted in the same way as a speed monitoring loop; a speed monitoring coil (cd) which is also us... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5072900 | System for the control of the progression of several railway trains in a network Each train is equipped with an on-board device for detecting the position of the train with respect to the track and with a transmitter-receive communicating with a central station. The central station has an instantaneous storage of the relative position... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5065963 | Transporting train travel control system A travel control system for trains, especially monorail trains, is disclosed. At each stopping point, there is a stop target mounted adajcent to the rail. The train carries a detector for sensing the stop targets and bringing the train to a stop at such t... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5029294 | Sensor unit for traffic control of an automatic guided vehicle A sensor unit for traffic control of an automatic guided vehicle. Traffic sensor means generates a signal of a specified frequency. Control means controls the direction of the automatic guided vehicle as a function of signal generated by the traffic senso... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4987834 | Accumulating conveyor with self-propelled pallets An accumulating conveyor formed by a series of self propelled pallets (18) running on a track (20), with non-contacting proximity detectors (24A, 24B) located on the front and rear of each pallet (18), and an on board control circuit (26) causing deenergi... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4932614 | Train communication system A communication system for a railway train has a proving circuit for proving conditions of the railway track ahead of the train. The proving circuit comprises a transponder associated with at least one rail of the track to form a rail circuit therewith. T... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4922830 | Conveyor system utilizing linear motor A conveyor system comprising a conveyor vehicle, a guide rail for supporting the conveyor vehicle to be freely movable relative thereto, and a linear motor including a primary coil and a secondary conductor for driving the conveyor vehicle. The primary co... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4914431 | Electronic control system for model railroads An electronic control system for model railroads incoporates a motor control unit, an electronic state generator that generates particular operating state signals and a remote control signal generator that multiplies the number of remote control effects t... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4854529 | Vehicle control system having two trackside signal lines A vehicle control system in accordance with the present invention permits a vehicle to move only in the case where both of a device for detecting the content of a signal for directing the travelling speed of the vehicle transmitted from the trackside and ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4788498 | Magnetic detector for an unmanned vehicle control system A magnetic detector for detecting the magnetic field of a magnetic field generating substance including an even number of saturable coils aligned in a straight line with the distance between adjacent ones larger than the width of the magnetic field genera... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4768740 | Vehicle tracking system A railway vehicle control system particularly, but not exclusively, suitable for controlling single track working. Transponders are located at fixed positions along the track such as at intersections, points and so on, and a vehicle is provided with senso... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4760797 | Method and apparatus for automated tie detection and tamping Apparatus for detecting at least one metallic object in a series of metallic objects lying along a path in a repetitive pattern by a metallic detector mounted on a vehicle movable along the path with the movement of the vehicle controlled by the detector ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4718621 | Automatic transportation system An automatic transportation system comprises a track mounted on a floor, a carriage having a reaction plate movable along the track, and a plurality of stators mounted on the floor along the track. A linear induction motor (LIM) for propelling the carriag... | 01/12/1988 |
