Apparatus to enable controlling a throttle controlling from a remote host
Patent 5787371 Issued on July 28, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 15, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 15, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3696758 3699522 3715579 3794834 3805056 Remote control brake system for a railway train Railroad air brake system Remote control system for a locomotive Condition monitoring system for locomotives Multilingual code receivers InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 920207 filed on 08/15/1997US Classes:701/19, Railway vehicle246/187A, Remote control246/187C, Control of vehicle from leading vehicle701/20, Railway vehicle speed control701/29, Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication701/33, Plural processors or external processor701/35With data recording deviceExaminersPrimary: Nguyen, Tan T.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassB61L 003/00AbstractIn a locomotive throttle controller having a digital central processor unit and an output driver mechanism for supplying signals to trainlines which control the locomotive engine throttle setting, reverser, and dynamic braking and for sending feedback signals indicative of actual voltages applied to said trainlines back to said central processor unit, of at least one locomotive, an improvement comprises a digital interface through which external digital equipment can communicate with the central processor unit and devices for communicating via the digital interface between the external digital equipment and the central processor unit such that the external digital equipment may be used to control the at least one locomotive.Field of SearchRailway vehicleRailway vehicle speed control Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication Plural processors or external processor With data recording device Remote control Control of vehicle from leading vehicle Automatic vehicle-carried braking Automatic vehicle-carried speed comparison circuits Visual cab signals CAB SIGNAL OR TRAIN CONTROL LOCOMOTIVES Control Remote terminal | |
