Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control of throttle and braking actions at individual distributed power locomotives in a railroad train
- Patent Title (中): 控制铁路列车各个分配式电力机车的节气门和制动动作
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Application No.: US12404280Application Date: 2009-03-14
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Publication No.: US08239078B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Chandrashekar Siddappa , Robert L. Moffitt
- Applicant: Chandrashekar Siddappa , Robert L. Moffitt
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent John A. Kramer
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; H04B1/02

Abstract:
A method for controlling first (14/12A) and second (12B) locomotives of a railroad train (8), the first (14/12A) and the second (12B) locomotives separated by at least one railcar (20). The method comprises determining a location of the first locomotive (14/12A) and a location of the second locomotive (12B), determining an operating condition of the first locomotive (14/12A) and an operating condition of the second locomotive (12B), determining a first control aspect of the first locomotive (14/12A) responsive to the operating condition and the location of the first locomotive (14/12A), determining a second control aspect of the second locomotive (12B) responsive to the operating condition and the location of the second locomotive (12B), and controlling the first (14/12A) and the second (12B) locomotives according to the first control aspect and the second control aspect, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100235022A1 CONTROL OF THROTTLE AND BRAKING ACTIONS AT INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTED POWER LOCOMOTIVES IN A RAILROAD TRAIN Public/Granted day:2010-09-16
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