21 |
Pressure and vacuum brake systems interlock apparatus |
US49008955 |
1955-02-23 |
US2804352A |
1957-08-27 |
MAY HARRY C |
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22 |
Pneumatic brake and throttle system |
US28134952 |
1952-04-09 |
US2737272A |
1956-03-06 |
ALFRED FREEMAN |
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23 |
Air brake equipment |
US23127851 |
1951-06-13 |
US2718436A |
1955-09-20 |
MCARDLE CHARLES F |
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24 |
Dynamic and fluid pressure brake intelock apparatus |
US19278850 |
1950-10-28 |
US2667385A |
1954-01-26 |
ERSON ERIK G; THOMAS GLENN M |
|
25 |
Air brake |
US23815051 |
1951-07-23 |
US2665173A |
1954-01-05 |
VARICK ELSWORTH JOHN VAN |
|
26 |
Brake apparatus |
US67841246 |
1946-06-21 |
US2445680A |
1948-07-20 |
LINHART HARRY M |
|
27 |
Fluid pressure brake |
US66960546 |
1946-05-14 |
US2429687A |
1947-10-28 |
HEWITT ELLIS E |
|
28 |
Fluid pressure brake |
US52594131 |
1931-03-28 |
US1995807A |
1935-03-26 |
HEWITT ELLIS E |
|
29 |
Fluid pressure brake system |
US68557633 |
1933-08-17 |
US1975264A |
1934-10-02 |
FARMER CLYDE C |
|
30 |
Air brake apparatus |
US19158D |
|
USRE19158E |
1934-05-08 |
|
|
31 |
Graduated release valve |
US39915429 |
1929-10-12 |
US1879648A |
1932-09-27 |
WHITAKER UNCAS A |
|
32 |
Fluid pressure brake |
US35183829 |
1929-04-02 |
US1824044A |
1931-09-22 |
FARMER CLYDE C |
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33 |
Brake for railroad trains |
US61652923 |
1923-02-02 |
US1496452A |
1924-06-03 |
DE CAMP WILLIAM S |
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34 |
AUTOMATIC BAIL OFF FOR LOCOMOTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM |
US15006361 |
2016-01-26 |
US20170210399A1 |
2017-07-27 |
Erich Leonard; Bryan McLaughlin; Daniel James; Peter Greetham |
A system for automatically performing a bail off of the locomotive brakes in response to certain train braking operations without the need for the train operator to manually bail off the locomotive brakes. The system includes a controller that is programmed to determine when an appropriate train braking operation has been requested and to issue commands to the locomotive braking system to cause the locomotive brake cylinder to be reduced to zero pressure or a predetermined minimum pressure. The controller is also programmed to determine when an automatic bail off should be inhibited and/or cancelled depending on ongoing train conditions. |
35 |
Vehicle system and method |
US14764999 |
2014-02-19 |
US09550501B2 |
2017-01-24 |
Lamar K. Ledbetter; Kevin M. Fisher; Jared K. Cooper |
A vehicle system comprises an interface assembly and a controller both on board a first rail vehicle. The interface assembly comprises one or more mechanical couplers, fuel couplers, fluid couplers, and electrical connectors, to detachably couple the first rail vehicle to a separate, adjacent fuel tender vehicle, for the transfer of one or more of fuel (e.g., compressed natural gas) from the fuel tender vehicle to the first rail vehicle, heated fluid from the first rail vehicle to the fuel tender vehicle (e.g., for regasification of liquid natural gas stored in the fuel tender vehicle to the compressed natural gas), or electrical power and/or control signals between the first rail vehicle and the fuel tender vehicle. The controller is configured to at least partially control operations of the first rail vehicle in relation to interfacing with the fuel tender vehicle for fuel transfer, heated fluid transfer, etc. |
36 |
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVE-OFF PROCESS OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE |
US15025957 |
2014-09-01 |
US20160244073A1 |
2016-08-25 |
TILL FOERSTER; STEFAN HASSLER; THORSTEN STUETZLE |
A method controls a drive-off process of an electrically driven vehicle, the electric motor of which is fed via a converter. A holding torque necessary to prevent the vehicle from rolling back is determined. By using sensors for determining carriage masses and sensors for determining route inclinations, the holding torque can be precisely determined. In order to achieve a drive-off process of the electrically driven vehicle that is gentle on the electric motor and as long as a determined rotational motor speed is less than a specified limit rotational speed, a traction torque is limited by a control unit of the vehicle to a limit torque dependent on the holding torque, and the traction torque is increased beyond the limit torque by the control unit only once the rotational motor speed is greater than the limit rotational speed. |
37 |
COMPRESSIBLE FILLER PIECE FOR A BRAKE CALLIPER OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE |
US14849988 |
2015-09-10 |
US20160069405A1 |
2016-03-10 |
Ulrich Meyer; Holger Kaufmann; Michael Kulp |
A compressible filler piece for a brake calliper of a railway vehicle is adapted to at least partially fill out a space needed by a component (409) of the brake calliper for its operation. The filler piece can be applied to the protection of wheel brakes of low floor passenger trains against ice and snow. |
38 |
Method and apparatus for controlled braking in fixed guideway transportation systems |
US13316398 |
2011-12-09 |
US08744652B1 |
2014-06-03 |
Eugene Iwao Nishinaga; Harry Burt |
The present invention relates generally to ground transportation systems, and more particularly to a fixed guideway transportation system that achieves a superior cost benefit ratio, is lower in net present cost and thus more easily justified for lower density corridors, and can provide passenger carrying capacities appropriate for higher density corridors serviced by mass rapid transit systems today. According to certain aspects, the present invention provides a braking control system and methodology that enables the implementation of related systems and methods that achieve safe headways at higher speeds than conventionally possible, while maintaining collision avoidance capabilities that support necessary MTBH criteria. In embodiments, a brake assembly for an axle of a vehicle provides redundancy and load-sharing such that failures are guaranteed to not occur above required safety criteria. |
39 |
Braking device for railroad vehicles |
US19020271 |
1971-10-18 |
US3823986A |
1974-07-16 |
POLLINGER H; FALKE E |
A railway vehicle having a friction braking system has a hydrodynamic braking unit enclosed in a housing mounted in the vicinity of a wheel and axle supporting the vehicle. The rotor of the braking unit is drivingly connected to the axle and a control system introduces fluid into the braking unit to achieve a braking effect. A common control device is employed for actuating the friction braking means and the hydrodynamic braking unit. The control device includes an anti-skid device and also operates to render the hydrodynamic braking unit inoperative when the vehicle is traveling at a sufficiently low speed or when the friction braking means exerts only a light braking action.
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40 |
Dual station brake control system |
US24248862 |
1962-12-05 |
US3173727A |
1965-03-16 |
SHATTOCK CHARLES F B; STONE CYRIL J |
|