341 patents
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Utility
Vehicle Speed Management Systems and Methods
20 Jul 23
A method is provided that may include obtaining image data from vision sensors disposed onboard a vehicle.
Matthew Vrba, Jeffrey Kernwein
Filed: 17 Mar 23
Utility
Systems and methods for controlled traversal of phase breaks
18 Jul 23
A system includes a phase break input unit, one or more vehicle location detectors, and one or more processors.
Stuart Barr, Karen A. Shaw, Keith Smith
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Brake control system
18 Jul 23
Disclosed is a method, system, and computer readable medium including program instructions for controlling the braking of one or more vehicles in a vehicle system positioned for unloading/loading of cargo.
Charles L. Wolf, Wynand Jacobus Coetzee Jordaan
Filed: 23 Dec 19
Utility
Buffer, in particular for a rail vehicle
6 Jul 23
Buffer, in particular for a rail vehicle, includes a buffer sleeve, forming a pressure chamber, a jointed head securable to this sleeve on the face side by a connection flange, and a buffer piston rod, mounted opposite in the buffer sleeve to be displaceable longitudinally.
Stefan Faas
Filed: 27 Dec 22
Utility
Vehicle Control System and Method for Managing Adverse Events
29 Jun 23
A system and method receive an event signal indicative of an adverse event on a vehicular pathway from one or more of a user interface device or one or more sensors disposed onboard the first vehicle.
James A. Oswald
Filed: 2 Mar 23
Utility
Brake systems having back plates with thermal management features
27 Jun 23
A vehicle brake system is provided that includes (or is formed from) a back plate configured to support a composite pad, at least one conditioning insert coupled to the back plate and configured to contact a surface of a wheel during a braking event and thereby to condition at least a portion of the surface of the wheel, and fins coupled with the at least one conditioning insert and configured to conduct heat generated by contact of the at least one conditioning insert with the at least the portion of the surface of the wheel away from the at least one conditioning insert.
A. Gary Bowden, James Wesley Sugg, Matthew P. Jarusinski
Filed: 28 Oct 21
Utility
System and method for determining vehicle position by triangulation
30 May 23
A system and method for determining the location of a vehicle when GNSS signals are not available use triangulation between one or two radio transmitters and, respectively, two or one radio receivers mounted on the vehicle.
Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart John Barr
Filed: 12 May 21
Utility
End of vehicle device with integrated antenna
23 May 23
A device adapted for attachment to a coupler of a trailing railcar of a train includes an enclosure defining an internal compartment, a port adapted for connection to an air brake hose receiving air from a brake pipe of the train, a handle extending from the enclosure, a communication device disposed within the internal compartment of the enclosure, and at least one antenna connected to the communication device and extending at least partially through the internal compartment of the enclosure and into an internal cavity of the handle.
Padam Dhoj Swar, Benjamin L. Henniges, Michael B. Colson, Carl L. Haas, David Andrew Gloyd
Filed: 18 Oct 18
Utility
Work zone instruction verification system
2 May 23
Provided is a computer-implemented method for verifying electronic work zone instructions with an on-board system of a vehicle system.
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Karen A. Shaw, Thomas Paul Spiegelhalter, Jr.
Filed: 6 Apr 20
Utility
Operator Protection System and Method
20 Apr 23
A method includes receiving a request to assume control of a vehicle generated by a candidate operator via a first communication pathway.
Matthew McClory, Pascal Martin, Kelly Nichols, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart J. Barr
Filed: 14 Dec 22
Utility
Route Maintenance System and Method
20 Apr 23
A rail maintenance of way machine for a route is provided that includes a single chassis supporting a plurality of working modules.
Allan IRION, William D. STRAUB, Bruce Michael BOCZKIEWICZ, Justin Jerome PIPOL, Kyle Matthew NEUBAUER, Nichalos Lee SCHULTZ, Jim BOYD
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Vehicle speed management systems and methods
18 Apr 23
Methods and systems for managing a speed of a vehicle are provided.
Matthew Vrba, Jeffrey Kernwein
Filed: 27 Dec 19
Utility
Vehicle control system
28 Mar 23
A vehicle control system includes at least one sensor and a power supply control system.
Michael A. Naylor, Donald W. Gangemella, Richard S. Klemanski, Carl L. Haas
Filed: 2 Sep 19
Utility
Slip ring assembly
21 Mar 23
The disclosure relates to a slip ring assembly, which has a slip ring body and at least one slip ring arranged on the slip ring body and a contact module having contact elements.
Frank Dropmann, Rene Kristen, Dirk Lotgering
Filed: 20 Aug 19
Utility
Systems and methods for communicating vehicular event alerts
14 Mar 23
Methods and systems for managing events in a vehicle network are provided.
James A. Oswald
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Vehicle control system
21 Feb 23
Provided is a computer-implemented method for determining a communication status in a train consist operating in a distributed power system, the train consist including a lead locomotive and a plurality of remote locomotives.
Paul Gerard Bender, Charles L. Wolf, Richard S. Klemanski
Filed: 3 Apr 18
Utility
Weight Profile Determination System
9 Feb 23
A weight profile determination system may be provided that includes a sensor and a controller.
Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart J. Barr
Filed: 24 Oct 22
Utility
System and method for preparing a vehicle for a trip
7 Feb 23
A system and method for automatically communicating an identification signal from a vehicle controller of a vehicle that may include receiving trip data from a dispatch controller based on the identification signal that is communicated.
Andrew Staats, Stuart Barr, Keith Smith
Filed: 23 Dec 19
Utility
System with active filter for a battery
31 Jan 23
A system may be provided that may include a first battery, and an inverter coupled to the battery.
Ajith K. Kumar, Ravisekhar N. Raju, Patrick L. Jansen
Filed: 3 Jan 20
Utility
Brake System and Method
19 Jan 23
An adapter of a brake system includes a body that extends around a portion of an axle of a vehicle system.
Roberto Boffelli, José Manuel Saraiva Carvalho
Filed: 24 Nov 21