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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Omar Al Assad, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charles Theurer, Alplaus, NY (US);
Balajee Kannan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Huan Tan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A robotic system validates brake bleeding by detecting one or more forces generated by a machine assembly acting to move a brake lever of a vehicle in order to open a valve of an air brake system of the vehicle. The system also detects displacement of the machine assembly as the machine assembly acts to move the brake lever, monitors one or more sounds generated one or more of during or after the machine assembly acts to move the brake lever, and determines that the brake lever has been moved to a position to open the valve of the air brake system to release the air brake system based on the one or more forces that are detected, the displacement that is detected, and/or the one or more sounds that are monitored.