Jeumont Schneider Corporation

Jean P Salmon

Daniel M Laurent

Claude P Theze

Robert C Devy

The invention has as its goal a device for extremely precise localization of a train circulating on a railway, and necessitating no complex circuit on the ground. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises, on board the train and in front of its first axle, at least one tuned emitter fixed at an electromagnetic radio frequency, and a receiver provided with two detectors. On the ground, a passive loop tuned to the frequency used, is disposed between the two rails of the track, with the detectors and emitter being disposed in such a manner that there is not direct induction between them.

Apparatus for localizing of a train

A voltage variation detector is connected to a receiver which is associated with a transmitter inducing an alternating signal permanently in the rails of a railroad track and, accordingly, in a conductive loop positioned between the rails. The respective variations of the voltage induced in the loop and of a feeding voltage to the loop furnish redundant information of the presence of a car in the transmission zone.

Method of controlling a railroad car in automatic drive

Selection stage of the AC signal of greater amplitude between two

The purpose of the invention is to reduce the total power consumed by a coupling for inducing a high-frequency alternating current in the rails of a railroad track for the purpose of transmitting information to trains traveling along the track. According to the invention, the coupling consists of two conductive coils made of a conductive strip attached to an insulating strip, the conductive strip being arrayed, in the portions of the coupling that are parallel to the rail, in a plane parallel to the sides of the central rib of the rail and on either side of it, the insulating strip separating the central rib of the rail from the conductive strip. The two coils are connected in such a way that the same current flows in the same direction through both.

Coupling for inducing a current in the rails of a railroad track

In a train control system wherein emitter beacons are located at predetermined points on the track near to one of the running rails, a device for detecting the position of a vehicle running on the railway track. It comprises into each beacon a radiating vertical-axis coil powered by an alternating current of a given frequency and, on board the vehicle, near to the corresponding rail, a pick-up unit including two pairs of receiver coils the axes of which are horizontal and perpendicular to the running rails. The associated circuits comprise two differential amplifiers connected to at least to two band-pass filters and a multiplier circuit in order to generate a positive signal when and only when the beacon is located between the two pairs of coils and the frequency of the beacon is the central frequency of the filters.

Device for the detection of the position of a railway vehicle

A method and apparatus for continuous supervision of both a vehicle's speed and deceleration over a track, provides overspeed detection in one set of conditions and under-deceleration detection under other conditions. The apparatus does not provide automatic driving, but is used in conjunction with either automatic driving equipment or manual driving of the vehicle. The process involved comprises the steps of transmitting to the vehicle an exit speed, defined as a speed limit to be observed on leaving a particular block section of the track upon which the vehicle travels. The exit speed is stored in the vehicle, and comparisons are made with a stored exit speed for the preceding block section. The process further includes a continuous measurement of both actual speed and deceleration of the vehicle, and provides for initiation of emergency braking dependent upon the results of the comparison and measurement steps. Specifically, where the present exit speed equals or exceeds the exit speed of the preceding section, emergency braking is initiated subsequent to a predetermined delay where the actual speed exceeds the exit speed for the particular block section. Where the present exit speed is less than the exit speed for the preceding section, emergency braking is initiated when the measured deceleration is less than a predetermined deceleration.

Continuous speed checking process for a powered vehicle and apparatus

A method and apparatus is provided for communicating information in the form of plural items of data between a first station and a rail vehicle by transmission of pulses at predetermined repetition rates along railway tracks including a transmitting station for generating the information pulses having control apparatus receiving a particular data item as an input for selecting a repetition rate to represent the data item for transmission and generating apparatus connected to the control apparatus for generating the information pulses. The information pulses are coupled to railway tracks which transmit the generated information. A receiving station receives the information pulses from the tracks and includes sensing apparatus for sensing the information pulses and apparatus for removing interference signals received along with the information pulses, the interference signals being attributable to a number of causes which include unbalanced traction return currents and/or transmission interference. The receiving station further includes apparatus for determining a repetition rate of the received pulses and apparatus for decoding information from the determined repetition rate thereby to determine the particular data item being transmitted. Finally, there is included apparatus for displaying the particular data item.

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Aulnay sous Bois, France

Jean P Salmon