201 |
Systems for Retarding the Speed of a Railcar |
US14555088 |
2014-11-26 |
US20150258972A1 |
2015-09-17 |
Gerard R. Majeskie; Robert R. Meade; Kurtis James Opelt; Neal W. Becker |
A system for retarding the speed of a railcar comprises a brake; a hydraulic actuator moving the brake between a closed position in which the brake applies braking pressure on the wheel of a railcar, and an open position in which the brake does not apply braking pressure on the wheel of the railcar; a hydraulic circuit provided with a pump arrangement for supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator; and a control circuit coupled to the hydraulic circuit for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid to move the brake between the closed and open positions. |
202 |
Brake setting system and method |
US14185998 |
2014-02-21 |
US09045123B1 |
2015-06-02 |
Jared Klineman Cooper; David Allen Eldredge; Robert James Foy; Kristopher Ryan Smith; Samuel William Golden |
A system may include a vehicle system including at least one vehicle, wherein the at least one vehicle includes at least one handbrake. The system may also include a handbrake setting determination unit configured to determine a handbrake setting control input indicating whether the at least one handbrake is to be set in order to park the vehicle system at a particular location without moving. A handbrake setting suggestion may be based on the handbrake setting control input. |
203 |
TRAIN CONTROL DEVICE |
US14503019 |
2014-09-30 |
US20150014488A1 |
2015-01-15 |
Keiichi SAITO |
The present invention relates to a train control device. The train control device sets an emergency brake pattern and a regular brake pattern as patterns of maximum speed according to the distance to a stopping point, and outputs a braking command when the train speed exceeds the maximum speed. Then, when the maximum speed defined in the regular brake pattern falls below a set speed, the maximum speed of the regular brake pattern is kept constant for a predetermined distance. After that, the maximum speed is gradually reduced toward a stopping point of the emergency brake pattern. This allows a train to make an approach to a fixed stopping position in an automatic train operation even when the fixed stopping position is located farther than a stopping point of the regular brake pattern, and excessive output of an emergency braking command based on the emergency brake pattern can be reduced. |
204 |
BRAKE LINING FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE, AND DISC BRAKE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME |
US14378105 |
2013-02-01 |
US20150001015A1 |
2015-01-01 |
Yuiko Sakayama; Takanori Katou; Atsushi Sakaguchi |
In a disc brake for a railway vehicle includes a friction member facing a frictional surface of a disc fixed to a wheel or axle of the vehicle. A base plate holds the member on a front surface and a guide plate is at the center of a back surface of the base plate and accommodated in a concave portion of the caliper arm. A base plate front surface is in parallel to a frictional surface of the member. A thickness of the base plate is larger on an inner circumferential side than an outer circumferential side. A thickness of the guide plate is smaller than a depth of the concave portion of the caliper arm. In a state where the frictional surface of the member faces the frictional surface of the disc in parallel, the guide plate is fitted, with play, into the concave portion of the caliper arm. |
205 |
SPRING BRAKE CYLINDER WITH EMERGENCY RELEASE DEVICE |
US14361343 |
2012-11-30 |
US20140345987A1 |
2014-11-27 |
Marc-Gregory Elstorpff; Erich Fuderer; Robert Haupt; Michael Lehneis; Bernhard Haemmerl; Ferenc Muellek; Zsolt Adams |
A spring brake cylinder having a housing in which a spring store piston which is loaded by at least one spring store spring and which has a piston rod is axially movable, and having an emergency release device with an emergency release actuation device, an emergency release mechanism with a toothed wheel for interrupting the force flow between the spring store piston and piston rod, and a holding device designed for holding the emergency release device in various holding positions, wherein the holding device has a pawl, and the emergency release actuation device has at least one actuation element and a driver for driving the pawl. |
206 |
BRAKING PROCESS FOR A RAIL VEHICLE |
US14342793 |
2012-09-07 |
US20140303817A1 |
2014-10-09 |
Reinhold Mayer; Thomas Rasel; Marc-Oliver Herden; Joerg-Johannes Wach |
A control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, the brake system having at least one first brake device and a second brake device, which devices can be actuated by an actuating force during a braking process. The first brake device and the second brake device are adhesion-type brake devices. The control device is capable of receiving and/or generating a loss of adhesion signal, which identifies insufficient adhesion for the first and/or second brake device, and is also designed, during a braking process, to actuate the first and/or second brake device with an increased actuating force if a loss of adhesion signal is present. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle having a control device of this type, a corresponding rail vehicle and a method for controlling the brake system of a rail vehicle using a control device. |
207 |
BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A RAIL VEHICLE, BRAKE SYSTEM, RAIL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE |
US14342697 |
2012-09-07 |
US20140229042A1 |
2014-08-14 |
Marc-Gregory Elstorpff; Marco Nock; Miriam Van De Löcht |
A brake control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle, wherein the brake control device detects strain during a braking process on at least one friction brake device actuated during the braking process, the brake control device further stores wear data based on the detected strain in a memory device. Also disclosed is a brake system for a rail vehicle having such a brake control device, a rail vehicle having such a brake system and/or such a brake control device, and a method for operating a brake control device for a brake system of a rail vehicle. |
208 |
BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACK BRAKE DEVICE |
US14237992 |
2012-08-10 |
US20140190512A1 |
2014-07-10 |
Marc-Gregory Elstorpff |
A brake control device for a brake system, wherein the brake system has at least one electromagnetic track brake device, which can be supplied with current at variable amperage according to the brake control device to create a braking force, and wherein the brake control device is designed to actuate the at least one electromagnetic track brake device at a cleaning amperage during travel in order to clean a rail. Also disclosed is a brake system having such a brake control device, a rail vehicle, and a method for cleaning a rail by means of an electromagnetic track brake device. |
209 |
Brake Control System Having Independent Power Supply |
US13722396 |
2012-12-20 |
US20140174316A1 |
2014-06-26 |
Dale Alexander Brown; Harinder Singh Lamba |
A brake control system for a consist having multiple cars is disclosed. The brake control system may include a conduit configured to direct a compressed fluid to the multiple cars, and a plurality of brakes, including at least one brake located at each of the multiple cars. The brake control system may further include a plurality of valves, including at least one valve located at each of the multiple cars and fluidly connected between the conduit and the at least one brake, and a main controller. The main controller may be configured to transmit a signal indicative of desired braking to each of the plurality of valves, causing substantially simultaneous activation of the plurality of brakes. |
210 |
TRAIN BRAKE AND HAND BRAKE RELEASE SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS |
US13602090 |
2012-08-31 |
US20130140880A1 |
2013-06-06 |
Richard Barefoot |
Train brake systems, hand brake release systems and related methods are provided. The brake system can include a hand brake release system that can automatically releasing a hand brake on a railway car. A differential value can be used to measuring an air pressure differential between an air pressure in a train line of a train and an air pressure on a brake cylinder of the railway car to determine if air should transfer from the emergency reservoir to assure the hand brake is released. A hand brake position valve can be used to determine whether the hand brake is applied or released. The air from the emergency reservoir can then be directed within a motion detector valve to assure that the hand brake us released. |
211 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and signalling derailment conditions in a railway vehicle |
US10297796 |
2001-06-07 |
US06860453B2 |
2005-03-01 |
Roberto Moretti; Silvano Sema |
A wheel (1) of a railway vehicle is associated with a vibration sensor (3) for supplying a vibration impulsive signal (V), indicative of the vibration of the wheel, to an electronic processing unit (E). This generates, based on the vibration signal (V), an impulsive surveillance signal (S) the instant value of which is increased in a manner correlated to the amplitude of each vibration impulse (I) and decreased in accordance with a predetermined law after each vibration impulse. The processing unit (E) compares the instant value of the surveillance signal (S) with a reference threshold value (T) and automatically generates an alarm signal (A) when the instant value of the surveillance signal (S) reaches or exceeds the reference threshold value (T). |
212 |
Brake cylinder parking brake system |
US10438141 |
2003-05-14 |
US06854570B2 |
2005-02-15 |
Jason Connell |
An automatic parking brake for a rail vehicle can lock the rail vehicle brakes in an applied position, such as by blocking the brake cylinder piston push rod from moving from an applied position to a release position. A control mechanism can be provided to remotely operate the automatic parking brake. A manual release can also be provided. |
213 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and signalling derailment conditions in a railway vehicle |
US10297796 |
2003-05-06 |
US20030178532A1 |
2003-09-25 |
Roberto
Moretti; Silvano
Sema |
A wheel (1) of a railway vehicle is associated with a vibration sensor (3) for supplying a vibration impulsive signal (V), indicative of the vibration of the wheel, to an electronic processing unit (E). This generates, based on the vibration signal (V), an impulsive surveillance signal (S) the instant value of which is increased in a manner correlated to the amplitude of each vibration impulse (I) and decreased in accordance with a predetermined law after each vibration impulse. The processing unit (E) compares the instant value of the surveillance signal (S) with a reference threshold value (T) and automatically generates an alarm signal (A) when the instant value of the surveillance signal (S) reaches or exceeds the reference threshold value (T). |
214 |
Brake system for rail cars |
US09345022 |
1999-07-02 |
US06264288B1 |
2001-07-24 |
David F. Dreese |
A brake system for rail cars which contains an air powered fluid system, a device for providing a separate source of brake force, and a manifold connected to the air powered fluid system and the device for providing a separate source of brake force; the manifold simultaneously delivers pressurized fluid to two movable cylinders under certain conditions and in response to fluid flow from either the air powered fluid system or the device for providing a separate source of brake force; but when both the device for providing a separate source of brake force and the air powered fluid system are delivering fluid flow to the manifold, the brake system contains a device for terminating the pressure from the separate source of brake force. |
215 |
Device in a force actuator |
US861838 |
1992-07-23 |
US5231887A |
1993-08-03 |
Thomas Arvidsson; Leif Westgren |
A reciprocating axial movement of a drive member (18) in a force actuator is generated by a prestressed tool (17) of Terfenol material being exposed to a pulsating magnetic field. The reciprocating movement is transformed to an axial movement in an application direction of a push rod (21) coaxial therewith. The drive member and the push rod are connected by a connection member (22), which is in self-locking thread engagement with a drive member and the push road and is subjected to a torque from a spiral spring (23) for its rotation during the idle stroke of the reciprocating movement in the direction for advancing the push rod in the application direction. |
216 |
Motor-driven brake system, especially for rail vehicles |
US173729 |
1988-03-25 |
US4805740A |
1989-02-21 |
Richard Wilke; Helmut Korthaus |
A brake system for a rail vehicle provides a strain-gauge sensor in the brake-force path to be connected in a Wheatstone bridge control together with a variable resistance for setting the desired brake force. The latter includes an infrared photo FET bridged by a parallel-fixed resistor and forming another branch of the bridge, the photodiode being controlled by the vehicle operator. The Wheatstone bridge controls a motor connected by a spindle drive to the actuator for the brake mechanism. |
217 |
Spring brake cylinder |
US32103 |
1987-03-27 |
US4796513A |
1989-01-10 |
Yasuhisa Hata; Osamu Akamatsu |
A sensing means is provided to indicate an operating condition of a spring brake cylinder assembly in which such operating condition may be one of a brake applied and a brake release position. The sensing means engages a clutch control mechanism which includes means to engage the sensing means at different locations to make a determination of such operating condition. |
218 |
Air brake arrangement for center sill-less hopper cars |
US80843 |
1979-10-01 |
US4280596A |
1981-07-28 |
Roy W. Miller |
A center sill-less hopper car is provided with a body-mounted brake arrangement using a conventional brake beam and brake system. The arrangement includes the mounting of the individual components in a manner which accommodates the operation of the discharge gates of the hopper in discharging material downwardly from the car. |
219 |
Protective elastomeric brake rod sealing boot |
US842514 |
1977-10-17 |
US4166520A |
1979-09-04 |
Thomas B. Baker; Edward H. Sittner |
In a railway freight car an elastomeric boot is attached to the entrance and/or exit of a hollow sill or hollow structural member through which a brake rod passes. The brake rod passes through a brake rod opening in the boot in entering and/or leaving the sill or structural member, and the boot engages the brake rod sufficiently to substantially prevent moisture from passing through the boot and into the sill or structural member. |
220 |
Retainer mechanism for vehicle brake actuators |
US618227 |
1975-09-30 |
US4033435A |
1977-07-05 |
John Patrick Bayliss |
In a brake actuator an electric motor is operable when energized to hold a resilient brake applying assembly in a retracted energy-storing position and to retain the assembly in the retracted position. |