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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152243 | Electrically controlled brake system An electrically controlled brake system 10 for a tractor is provided that is equipped with an anti-jackknifing brake that can be actuated by means of a manual operating element and that acts only on the brakes of a trailer coupled to the tractor. The operatin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8123305 | Emergency protection for remote control braking systems A locomotive brake system including an electronic air brake controller for controlling at least a train brake pipe in a standard EAB mode and remote mode of the brake system and a remote locomotive controller for providing braking signals to the electronic air brake... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123306 | Trailer connection selector A truck includes a pressurized air supply system for providing air to one of a plurality of air supply connections and a selector circuit for providing selection to one of the air supply connections. The circuit includes a first inversion valve with supply from a se... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8042882 | Truck/trailer brake control system A braking system for a combined tractor-trailer assembly wherein a leading trailer is coupled to a towing tractor and a trailing trailer is coupled to the leading trailer. All of the wheels of the trailers are provided with brakes which may be applied and released i... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7931344 | Remote control brake system and manifold A locomotive brake system includes a plurality of electronic air brake controllers for controlling at least a train brake pipe and a locomotive brake pipe interconnected by a communication network. A communication port and a system controller are connected to the ne... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7905555 | Yaw control system for a vehicle-trailer combination A yaw control system capable of detecting a predetermined yaw angle of a towed vehicle and then automatically communicating with a braking system of the towed vehicle includes an actuator and a switch. The actuator and switch operate to detect when a towed vehicle, ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7762631 | Distributed power train operation responsive to an unexpected brake pipe fluid flow condition A method of propagating a brake pipe braking command along a fluid carrying brake pipe (14) interconnecting members of a transportation system, the transportation system comprising a communication system (24) for exchanging information between a contro... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7731302 | Stability enhancing system for tow-vehicle towing trailer assembly A system for providing enhanced force and motion stability and management for a tow-vehicle towing a trailer assembly is disclosed. The system includes a tow-vehicle with an electronic stability enhancing system in communication with a processor with memory, and sen... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7703860 | Remote control brake system and manifold A locomotive brake system includes a plurality of electronic air brake controllers for controlling at least a train brake pipe and a locomotive brake pipe interconnected by a communication network. A communication port and a system controller are connected to the ne... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699406 | Towed vehicle brake actuator assembly A system for actuating brakes in a towed vehicle in response to actuation of brakes in a towing vehicle comprising a cylinder including an inner cylindrical wall attached to a brake pedal in the towed vehicle and an outer cylindrical wall attached to the firewall in... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7597406 | Multi-location tractor trailer pneumatic connections A tractor truck configured for towing trailers of different air connection configuration. The truck has a first and a second tractor protection valve, each configured to be located on the tractor at a location remote from the other. Each tractor protection valve loc... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7497524 | System for signaling potential unintended application of park air brake in a vehicle having a lift platform A method for warning a driver of a moving vehicle of potential imminent unintended application of a park brake because of an indication that a motorized lift (12) is out-of-stow. A processor (68) executes an algorithm for issuing an alarm to signal the... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7434895 | Electronic equalizing reservoir controller with pneumatic penalty override and reduction limiting A control system which allows electro-pneumatic control of an equalizing reservoir with the capacity to create penalty applications in a purely pneumatic manner. A controller for the equalizing reservoir includes an electro-pneumatic source of pressure or atmosphere... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429087 | Air system instalation to be applied in tractors, combine harvesters, crop-sprayers, sewers, grain augers, hoppers, trailers, wagons, carts and towing vehicles to support and transport different kinds of cargos such as cereals The present invention includes a pneumatic system for an agro-industrial vehicle including an air compressor, a dual circuit foot valve connected to the air compressor, and at least two air storage tanks connected to said dual circuit foot valve. The operation of th... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7413266 | Method for controlling the brake system of a vehicle train An improved method and associated system for controlling the brake system of a vehicle train including a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, wherein a control device disposed in the tractor vehicle is adapted to initiate automatic braking of the trailer vehicle, ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396089 | Electro-pneumatic latching valve system The electro-pneumatic latching valve system having an electrical switch unit that further includes an “apply” or “activate” switch, a “release” or “deactivate” switch, and a power supply. A first solenoid valve is in electrical communication with the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383735 | Pressure transducer package for a manifold A package designed for monitoring fluid pressure in a manifold includes one or more pressure transducers and a microprocessor incorporated into a package to form a single, modular fluid pressure sensing device. The transducers may be arranged on one or more substrat... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374252 | Wheel slip brake assurance module A wheel slip assurance module comprises a device for disabling the wheel slip valve, a timing reservoir in communication with the disabling device, and a check valve and choke circuit providing parallel connections between the output of the wheel slip valve and the ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370917 | Braking system for a trailer vehicle An electro-pneumatic system including relay valves disposed between a pressure supply inlet and outputs respectively, and having respective control inputs; associated solenoid-operated valves each operable in a first or a second condition respectively to allow or pr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372053 | Rotating gantry of particle beam therapy system A rotating gantry includes a link frame for supporting a plurality of rollers which rotatably support the rotating gantry, a brake for releasing a braking force applied to at least one of the rollers upon supply of air and applying the braking force to the one rolle... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367635 | Rail vehicle having an electrical signal line loop A rail vehicle includes an electrical signal line loop for activating the brakes. There is provision for a safety loop, which is redundant with respect to the signal line loop and is electrically independent of the rest of the vehicle control system, to be present. | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367634 | Relay configuration for an electro-pneumatic train A relay valve configuration which can be used with various cars in an electropneumatic train and under the control of one of the electropneumatic brake control valves. The improved brake control valve includes a relay valve mounted at an interface of the manifold. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360492 | Railway car with overload detector The invention provides an overload detector with a simplified system configuration to be applied to a railway car having a connecting bogie. A connecting bogie 52 (two axle bogie) having front and rear wheels 52C and 52D are disposed to extend b... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359053 | Optical array with beam alignment feature An array of optical elements for processing a spatially dispersed optical beam including monitoring optical elements for determining the position of the optical beam in the array is disclosed. The monitoring optical elements have a width that varies in ay direction ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357463 | Electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle An electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle including a multi-layer structure with a plurality of superimposed plates, and in particular, an upper plate carrying and/or integrating a plurality of pneumatic, electro-pneumatic or electri... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354118 | Control valve system A pneumatic brake system that includes at least one pneumatic latching valve; a single device, such as a solenoid, for providing momentary pilot signals to pneumatic latching valve; a source of pressurized supply air in communication with the pneumatic latching valv... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350878 | Relay configuration for an electro-pneumatic train A relay valve configuration which can be used with various cars in an electropneumatic train and under the control of one of the electropneumatic brake control valves. The improved brake control valve includes a relay valve mounted at an interface of the manifold. T... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347507 | Brake controller Brake controller for controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is provided. The controller includes microprocessor, an accelerometer, a storage array for storing a sequence of signals, and associated software for computing a moving average of accelerometer values th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347725 | Metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board A metal fixing member for fixing a connector to a wiring board, includes a board fixing portion that is adapted to be secured to the wiring board, a housing mounting portion that is disposed in upstanding relation to the board fixing portion, and is adapted to be mo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341318 | Circulating fluid regulated braking device for air and land vehicles A circulating fluid regulated braking device for a vehicle includes a piston pump mounted directly on the hub of each vehicle wheel. The pumps mounted on front wheels are connected by pipes to a primary two-way valve, which, in turn, is connected by pipes to a prima... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334849 | Electronic Control system for controlling the brakes fitted on a rail or light rail motive power unit A system for controlling brakes on a rail or light rail motive power unit, in which the brakes are provided with a pneumatic braking system including a pneumatic main pipe and a pneumatic brake pipe. The system includes a control unit, manually operated actuating de... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332881 | AC drive system for electrically operated vehicle A drive system for an electric vehicle includes a motor for providing a drive torque and an electrically actuated brake for providing a braking torque to the motor. The system includes a controller that receives a plurality of inputs which may include a battery volt... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320577 | Dual pump transmission A dual pump apparatus for use on a vehicle or industrial application having a housing in which a pair of hydraulic pumps are mounted, having a cooling fan mounted on the primary or secondary input shaft on the opposite side of the pulley used to engage the prime mov... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311364 | Electric trailer brake controller A micro processor based electric brake controller includes a multi-axis accelerometer that senses deceleration of a towing vehicle along a plurality of directional axes. The controller also includes a microprocessor that is responsive to the sensed decelerations to ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309111 | Pressure medium-actuated brake system of a tractor-trailer combination The invention relates to a pressure medium-actuated brake system of a tractor-trailer combination comprising at least one first brake circuit and one second brake circuit. The inventive brake system contains a multiple-circuit braking power sensor, which is connecte... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302895 | Configurable locomotive A locomotive (10) is operable in two or more distinct configurations, with the change in configuration being response to a configuration input signal (35). A locomotive configuration is represented by the set of end use device control signals (13 | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302331 | Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle A roll control system (16) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to detect if one of the plurality of wheels (12) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel has lifted. A roll control pressure request may also ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300118 | Electronic park brake valve system for air brakes vehicles A vehicle brake system includes a source of fluid pressure adapted to supply a braking force a brake actuator including a parking brake chamber, and a combination valve fluidly coupling the brake actuator to the source of pressure, the combination valve having an in... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302332 | Method and device for damping pendulum oscillations of a trailer A method for stabilizing a vehicle combination composed of a towing vehicle and a trailer or semitrailer, in which when a snaking motion of the trailer or semitrailer is detected, braking interventions are implemented for damping the snaking motion, in which symmetr... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299900 | Braking device for an industrial truck A braking device for an industrial truck, comprising a hydraulic brake cylinder which is coupled to an actuating element and is connected with at least one hydraulic brake associated with a wheel of the industrial truck via a brake line wherein another hydraulic bra... | 11/27/2007 |
