341 patents
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Utility
Brake Assembly
23 Dec 21
A brake assembly is provided that may include a first friction ring having a plurality of mounting assemblies spaced around the first friction ring and configured to secure the first friction ring to a web of a wheel.
Roberto Boffelli, José Manuel Saraiva Carvalho
Filed: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Adapter assembly for braking system
14 Dec 21
An adapter assembly for an electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) manifold system includes a housing having a mounting face that includes a plurality of ports.
Jeffrey B. Skweres
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Component Having an Integrated Display Device
9 Dec 21
A planar component and a method of manufacturing thereon includes an integrated display device for digital information display, comprising a glass pane, at least one screen module, and a controller for controlling and supplying energy to the screen module.
Werner Malcherek
Filed: 6 Jun 20
Utility
Vehicle Communication Via Multiple Wireless Communication Links
9 Dec 21
A method of communication between first and second controllers positioned in spaced relation along a length of a vehicle system includes establishing first and second wireless, parallel communication channels between the first and second controllers.
Padam Dhoj Swar, Carl L. Haas, Danial Rice
Filed: 20 Aug 21
Utility
Line Supply Arrangement
18 Nov 21
A line supply arrangement for electrically powered motor vehicles includes an electric line on a support arm above the motor vehicle.
LUDGER BÜNKER, SIMON HENDRIK EVENBLIJ
Filed: 9 Sep 19
Utility
Communication Assembly with Extendable Antenna
4 Nov 21
A communication assembly includes a housing, a communication device, an extendable mast, and a control circuit.
Padam Dhoj Swar, Danial Rice
Filed: 30 Mar 21
Utility
Brake Health Monitoring System
4 Nov 21
A brake health monitoring system and method measure pressures in different components of a brake system of a vehicle system during movement of the vehicle system.
Edward Gaughan, Gary Sich, William Potter, Vincent Troiani, Frank Huchrowski
Filed: 3 Mar 21
Utility
Vehicle Control System
4 Nov 21
A system includes one or more processors configured to track working hours of one or more crew members of a vehicle system as the vehicle system travels.
Irwin C. Morris
Filed: 14 Jul 21
Utility
Vehicle control system and method
2 Nov 21
A vehicle control system includes a first controller configured to communicate a first brake command to one or more brake devices of a vehicle system via a communication pathway.
Danial Rice, Charles L. Wolf, Alan Laurance Cortie, Paul Gerard Bender
Filed: 23 Sep 19
Utility
Vehicle emulator system
26 Oct 21
A vehicle control signal generator includes emulation circuitry for emulating at least one operation of at least one vehicle control circuit.
Ryan Paul Hurst
Filed: 27 Feb 20
Utility
System for Communicating Vehicle Information
21 Oct 21
A system that may include a first route circuit that may be configured to be coupled with a first route section and may be configured to generate a first location coded signal that is unique to the first route section responsive to a vehicle being located on or within the first route section.
Kendrick W. Gawne
Filed: 9 Apr 21
Utility
Secure vehicle to vehicle communication
19 Oct 21
A system and method for a secure key exchange between two trains operating within a track network may include generating a first or second public key based on a secret random number, generating a shared secret key based on the first or second public key, authenticating one or more key exchange communications by a remote server based on a digital signature established with an on-board key associated with the first train, authenticating a communication by a remote server based on the digital signature of the second train signed with an on-board key associated with the second train, and establishing secure train-to-train communication between the two trains by generating a shared secret key based on a public key received from the other train, the secure key exchange protecting the two trains from a man-in-the-middle attack.
Rebecca W. Dreasher, Stephen Craven, Matthew Steven Vrba
Filed: 14 Dec 18
Utility
Pre-biased delayed emergency release
19 Oct 21
The manual release mechanism described herein enables a passenger to attempt to manually open the door but delays opening until the vehicle is no longer moving.
Andre Stojc, Daniel Filion
Filed: 31 Oct 16
Utility
Alerting system and method
19 Oct 21
A system is provided that include at least one positioning system that can detect a location or position of a vehicle or a portion of a vehicle group that includes the vehicle, at least one sensor positioned on or associated with the vehicle that can generate sensor data of a determined parameter or condition, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the positioning system.
Joshua M. Bramucci, Benjamin Henniges, Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Michael Bratcher, Kristofer M. Ruhland, Karen A. Shaw, James L. Fenske
Filed: 30 Aug 19
Utility
Vehicle Control System
14 Oct 21
A vehicle control system and method receive vehicle makeup information from multiple vehicles in a multi-vehicle system.
Igor Abrosimov, Osman Burak Onal, Brian Kurz
Filed: 6 Apr 21
Utility
Low profile gap mitigation device
12 Oct 21
A powered gap mitigation device for transit vehicles allows a gap mitigation plate to move outboard from its stowed position, be locked in the deployed position, move inboard from a deployed position to a stowed position, be locked in the stowed position, and be manually stowed and cut-out in case of malfunction.
Laurent Dagenais, Luc Vachon, Martin Nicole, Pierre Le Vérone, Daniel Filion
Filed: 28 Dec 18
Utility
Vehicle management system
12 Oct 21
A vehicle management system communicates with monitor devices coupled with a path control device at an intersection between route segments.
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, James H. Moore
Filed: 8 Aug 19
Utility
Brake system and brake control valve
5 Oct 21
A distributor valve for a brake control system of a vehicle is provided with an access interface that includes a plurality of access ports for measuring the operational pressures of the distributor valve.
Jeffrey B. Skweres, Michael S. Plechey
Filed: 18 Dec 19
Utility
Communication system
5 Oct 21
A method and a communication system includes establishing a communication link between a first vehicle and an off-board database.
Jeffrey Donald Kernwein, Bryan Clay Burke, Stephen Howard Craven, James Hardy Moore, William Christopher Hall, Danial Rice
Filed: 18 Dec 19
Utility
Determining loss of communication between rail vehicles
21 Sep 21
A system for determining a location of a rail vehicle based on an radio frequency (RF) signal that includes at least one processor programmed or configured to determine that a first RF communication signal transmitted by a head of train (HOT) unit of a plurality of rail vehicles is received by an end of train (EOT) unit of the plurality of rail vehicles, determine whether a second RF communication signal transmitted by the HOT unit is received by the EOT unit during a time interval after a time at which the first RF communication signal was determined to be received by the EOT unit, and determine one or more locations of the plurality of rail vehicles based on determining that the second RF communication signal transmitted by the HOT unit is not received by the EOT unit during the time interval.
John E. Halowell, Padam Dhoj Swar, Sathya Vagheeswar Venkatasubramanian
Filed: 28 Dec 18