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.: US13530436Application Date: 2012-06-22
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Publication No.: US08406942B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Chandrashekar Siddappa , Robert Moffitt
- Applicant: Chandrashekar Siddappa , Robert 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 and second locomotives of a railroad train, the first and the second locomotives separated by at least one railcar. The method comprises determining a location of the first locomotive and a location of the second locomotive, determining an operating condition of the first locomotive and an operating condition of the second locomotive, determining a first control aspect of the first locomotive responsive to the operating condition and the location of the first locomotive, determining a second control aspect of the second locomotive responsive to the operating condition and the location of the second locomotive, and controlling the first and the second locomotives according to the first control aspect and the second control aspect, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120259488A1 CONTROL OF THROTTLE AND BRAKING ACTIONS AT INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTED POWER LOCOMOTIVES IN A RAILROAD TRAIN Public/Granted day:2012-10-11
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