Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lead rail vehicle with drone vehicle and method
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Application No.: US14751735Application Date: 2015-06-26
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Publication No.: US09598822B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: John Mustard
- Applicant: HARSCO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MN Fairmont
- Assignee: HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee: HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Fairmont
- Agency: Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Main IPC: G05D1/00
- IPC: G05D1/00 ; G05D3/00 ; G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; E01B31/18 ; B61D15/00 ; B61L99/00 ; B61L23/04 ; B61L23/12 ; B61L25/02 ; E01B31/00 ; E01B37/00
Abstract:
A system for performing track maintenance operations is described. The system includes a lead vehicle for identifying sections of rail that have been pre-marked for track maintenance operations. The lead vehicle further includes a control system for receiving and transmitting coordinates of the pre-marked track sections. The system further includes at least one drone vehicle for receiving the coordinates from the control system and the drone vehicle has at least one workhead for performing track maintenance operations on the pre-marked track sections.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150375765A1 LEAD RAIL VEHICLE WITH DRONE VEHICLE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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