141 |
Unit brake |
US14235247 |
2012-07-02 |
US09714040B2 |
2017-07-25 |
Yoshio Asano |
Disclosed is unit brake, which is equipped with a cylinder apparatus in which a clutch mechanism that switches between transmitting or cutting off a biasing force of a spring brake part is disposed, is capable of preventing a braking force due to the spring brake part from unintentionally decreasing due to a meshing section of the clutch mechanism disengaging, and is of a size that can replace an existing unit brake, and maintains the performance of bearings in the clutch mechanism even with long-term use. The clutch mechanism of the unit brake includes: a nut member that rotatably screws on a spindle that is positioned in an area that communicates with the atmosphere, and is movably supported in a direction opposite to braking; a clutch that is disposed in a direction opposite to braking with respect to the nut member, and faces the nut member in the vicinity of the spindle; a clutch box that is formed in a cylinder shape, and houses the nut member and clutch on the inside; and bearings that rotatably support the nut member on the inside of the clutch box. |
142 |
REGENERATIVE POWER-AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE AND BRAKE PLAN PLOTTING DEVICE |
US15265310 |
2016-09-14 |
US20170096153A1 |
2017-04-06 |
Toru EZAWA; Akihiro ITAKURA; Takahiro NISHIZAWA; Kozo BANNO |
A regenerative power-amount estimation device according to an embodiment includes a regenerative power-amount estimation model for each brake notch switching configured to include a transient response of an electric brake corresponding to a switching operation of a brake notch for each switching operation of the brake notch in an operation of railway vehicles. A regenerative power-amount estimation part is configured to estimate an expected amount of regenerative power acquired for a brake plan being temporal transition data of the brake notch, based on the regenerative power-amount estimation model for each brake notch switching. |
143 |
DEPLOYABLE DECELERATOR |
US15353181 |
2016-11-16 |
US20170066457A1 |
2017-03-09 |
Tadeh AVETIAN; Helen DURDEN; Ryan OKERSON; Brogan BAMBROGAN; Joshua GIEGEL |
A transport vehicle for traveling in a low-pressure environment structure is provided. The transport vehicle may include a deployable decelerator configured to deploy from the transport vehicle to decrease a distance between the transport vehicle and the low-pressure environment structure and a communication network that monitors and collects a plurality of operation parameters from the transport vehicle and the low-pressure environment structure to control deployment of the deployable decelerator based on a plurality of predetermined triggering events. |
144 |
Electronic blue flag system |
US14801237 |
2015-07-16 |
US09580094B2 |
2017-02-28 |
James David Seaton; Alexander Shubs, Jr. |
A system and a control system for selectively preventing movement of a locomotive is disclosed. The control system may comprise a plurality of access control devices for the locomotive, with each access control device including a status indicator, and being configured to activate or deactivate the status indicator based on user input received by any of the plurality of access control devices. Each access control device may also be configured to transmit status data indicative of a status of the locomotive to a locomotive controller, with the status either being a blue flag status or a ready status, wherein at least one of the access control devices is a mobile device not mounted to the locomotive. |
145 |
Brake control device for a brake system, brake system, rail vehicle and method for operating a brake system |
US14342675 |
2012-09-07 |
US09550503B2 |
2017-01-24 |
Marc-Gregory Elstorpff; Rainer Rau; Robert Haupt |
A brake control device for a brake system for a rail vehicle, the brake system having at least one adhesion-type friction brake device. The brake control device receives brake actuation data, which are assigned to the at least one adhesion-type friction brake device, from a brake actuation sensor device of the brake system. The brake control device receives brake action data, which are assigned to the at least one adhesion-type friction brake device, from a brake action sensor device of the brake system, and to cause the adhesion-type friction brake device to effect a braking process, and to monitor and assign brake actuation data and brake action data to each other during a braking process. Also disclosed is a brake system, a rail vehicle and a method for operating a brake system. |
146 |
AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM |
US14700476 |
2015-04-30 |
US20160318491A1 |
2016-11-03 |
James David Seaton |
A braking system includes a brake pipe, a pressure sensor and a pressure valve, each operatively associated with the brake pipe. The pressure valve is directed to reduce a pressure in the brake pipe in response to data from the pressure sensor, and a secondary pressure sensor is operatively associated with the brake pipe, wherein a pressure in the brake pipe is reduced in response to data from the secondary pressure sensor. |
147 |
SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF COMPRESSORS AND AIR DRYERS IN TUNNELS |
US14598318 |
2015-01-16 |
US20160207544A1 |
2016-07-21 |
Eric C. Wright |
An improved air supply control system for a locomotive that includes a global positioning system (GPS) and a track database having the locations of rail road tunnels. Locomotives equipped with one or more air compressors and/or an air dryer are operated by the air supply control system to, firstly, minimize unnecessary air compressor operation in a tunnel and, secondly, to operate only the compressor and air dryer of the lead locomotive in a consist if the air supply system must be operated while the locomotives are in a tunnel. |
148 |
System for control of compressors and air dryers in tunnels |
US14598318 |
2015-01-16 |
US09393969B1 |
2016-07-19 |
Eric C. Wright |
An improved air supply control system for a locomotive that includes a global positioning system (GPS) and a track database having the locations of rail road tunnels. Locomotives equipped with one or more air compressors and/or an air dryer are operated by the air supply control system to, firstly, minimize unnecessary air compressor operation in a tunnel and, secondly, to operate only the compressor and air dryer of the lead locomotive in a consist if the air supply system must be operated while the locomotives are in a tunnel. |
149 |
RAIL VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM AND BRAKING METHOD FOR A RAIL VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM |
US14572085 |
2014-12-16 |
US20160167683A1 |
2016-06-16 |
Gilles BOISSEAU; Claudino GONCALVES |
A rail vehicle braking system includes a service brake (6) having a movable piston (8) delimiting with a body (2) of the system a service brake chamber (13) supplied by a first source, and a parking brake (7) having a blocking device (20) having a position in which it immobilizes the piston in a position, and a movable actuating device (23, 24) delimiting with the body a parking brake chamber (25) supplied by a second source and having a stable position in which it holds the blocking device in its position; the service chamber, when the actuating device is in its stable position, being supplied by the second source of which the pressure is greater than that of the first source in order to apply a greater braking force than the force applied when the piston is in its position. |
150 |
BRAKE CYLINDER DEVICE AND DISC BRAKE DEVICE |
US14908186 |
2014-08-05 |
US20160167682A1 |
2016-06-16 |
Yoshio ASANO; Hideyuki OIE |
The present disclosure increases the braking force of a parking spring brake mechanism without enlarging a device and without substantial increase in cost. The subject of the present disclosure is a brake cylinder device provided with a parking spring brake mechanism wherein a first piston moves in a prescribed braking direction. The brake cylinder device is provided with a brake force transmitting section having an inclined surface 38 that is inclined so as to press a brake output section in an advancement direction by moving along with the first piston in the braking direction. The inclined surface includes a first inclined surface provided in a distal end portion, and a second inclined surface provided in a proximal end portion and inclined more than the first inclined surface with respect to the advancement direction. |
151 |
Spring brake cylinder with emergency release device |
US14361343 |
2012-11-30 |
US09333961B2 |
2016-05-10 |
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. |
152 |
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 |
US09327738B2 |
2016-05-03 |
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. |
153 |
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVE DEVICE IN A RAIL VEHICLE |
US14779090 |
2014-03-25 |
US20160046301A1 |
2016-02-18 |
MANFRED WIESAND |
An apparatus for controlling a drive device in a rail vehicle includes a computer unit and a memory unit for storing at least one module of a drive control program. The module is provided for at least one drive control function to be carried out by the computer unit. In order to provide an apparatus of this generic type, by way of which a low level of outlay on construction in respect of implementing control functions can be achieved, the memory unit is used to store at least one module of a brake control program. The module is configured so that at least one brake control function for a brake device of the rail vehicle is carried out by the computer unit. |
154 |
INCREMENTED BRAKE PIPE PRESSURE REDUCTION |
US14298272 |
2014-06-06 |
US20150353061A1 |
2015-12-10 |
Erich Leonard; John Reynolds |
A system and method for incrementally accomplishing brake pipe reductions using an operator button, touch sensitive screen or other human machine interface. The system is preferably made available to the user when the brake handle is positioned in the ‘minimum’ brake application position and allows an operator to create a more precise target reduction value without having to manually move the brake handle to the location that the operator believes may result in the desired reduction. Using small, predetermined increments, the system allows for more precise control over brake pressure without an operator having to estimate what handle movement will accomplish the desired brake pressure. |
155 |
Braking process for a rail vehicle |
US14342793 |
2012-09-07 |
US09126605B2 |
2015-09-08 |
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. |
156 |
ACTUATOR FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A RAIL VEHICLE |
US14006753 |
2012-03-21 |
US20140046514A1 |
2014-02-13 |
Steffen Jennek; Toni Schiffers; Manfred Wiesand |
An actuator for a brake system of a rail vehicle has a set-value detection unit that outputs a set value or a set value corrected by a reducing signal of an anti-skid control device for a decelerating force or a decelerating torque to a set-value control device. The latter controls the set value to a first output set value. A switch-over device connects an output of the set-value control device to a input of a set-value/force conversion device in a first switching position. In a second switching position, the set-value/force conversion device receives the signal from a fall-back unit. Braking devices convert an actual value of the force into an actual value of the decelerating force or decelerating torque. When impermissible deviations from a fast braking set value in a fast-braking operation are found, the switch-over device switches from the first to the second switching position. |
157 |
Brake application device comprising an electrically actuated device for emergency and auxiliary release |
US10510039 |
2003-03-31 |
US07438163B2 |
2008-10-21 |
Erich Fuderer; Peter Wolfsteiner; Ulf Friesen; Manfred Vohla |
The invention relates to a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles, comprising a unit for emergency release and a unit for auxiliary release. The release units are integrated into a combined device for emergency and auxiliary release of the brakes. The combined device is electrically actuated by a common drive unit. |
158 |
Brake application device comprising an electrically actuated device for emergency and auxiliary release |
US10510039 |
2003-03-31 |
US20050173974A1 |
2005-08-11 |
Erich Fuderer; Peter Wolfsteiner; Ulf Friesen; Manfred Vohla |
The invention relates to a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles, comprising a unit for emergency release and a unit for auxiliary release. The release units are integrated into a combined device for emergency and auxiliary release of the brakes. The combined device is electrically actuated by a common drive unit. |
159 |
Railcar brake structure |
US09742603 |
2000-12-20 |
US20020134279A1 |
2002-09-26 |
James
W.
Forbes; Richard
C.
Haight |
An articulated railcar has several well car units for carrying shipping containers, highways trailers, or a combination of the two. The well car units permit the nose of a highway trailer to overhang the articulated connection between two adjacent cars. A brake valve is located in a relief formed in the main bolster of one of the articulated units, out of the way of the overhanging trailer. Each well car unit has a side beam having a roll formed top chord reinforced by a top chord plate, a downwardly extending web, and a lower sill formed of a thick angle. The service, or auxiliary, and emergency brake reservoirs are mounted in a saddle bag configuration to the outside face of the webs of the opposite side beams of the articulated unit, tucked underneath the reinforced roll formed top chord. |
160 |
Brake system for rail cars |
US09859600 |
2001-05-17 |
US06398314B2 |
2002-06-04 |
David F. Dreese |
A brake system for rail cars is disclosed. The brake system includes a first source for providing a braking force to a first and a second braking apparatus, a second source for providing a separate force to the first and a second braking apparatus, and a manifold for simultaneously delivering a braking force from either the first source or the second source to the first and second braking apparatus. The manifold includes a positionable valve operable under the influence of pressure differentials applied thereto by the first source and the second source and wherein the position of the valve controls which braking force will be applied to the first and second braking apparatus. The brake system further includes a controller arranged in operable combination with the first source and the second source for inhibiting a braking force from the second source being directed to the first and the second force to the first and the second braking apparatus. |