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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Justin Winston, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Adrian Jerzy Gorski, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Erie, PA (US);
Brian Douglas Lawry, Murrysville, PA (US);
Matthew John Malone, Boulder, CO (US);
Jennifer Lynn Coyne, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Jeremy Thomas McGarry, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Examples for a traction system are provided. In one example, the traction system includes a nozzle coupled to an air source and configured to be selectively aimed toward a determined portion of a rail surface of a rail, and a conduit configured to supply pressurized air from the air source to the nozzle, the nozzle flexibly coupled thereto. The nozzle is configured for the aim of the nozzle to be controlled to change its aiming direction in response to a change in curvature of the rail, whereby a stream of air from the nozzle impacts the determined portion during movement of the vehicle through the curvature of the rail.