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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Alstom Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen, FR;

Inventors:

Benjamin Church, Blue Springs, MO (US);

Darren Melton, Grain Valley, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 1/18 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); G01N 27/04 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/044 (2013.01); B61L 1/188 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); G01N 27/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A monitoring device monitoring a railway track, including a track interface connecting the monitoring device to the railway track. Also included is a detector detecting a first track pulse having a first duration emitted on the railway track and received through the track interface. The detector can detect a start and end time of the first track pulse. A charger is connected to the detector and has an energy storage element. Further, there is an emitter emitting a second track pulse on the railway track through the track interface by using energy stored in the energy storage element and the detector can send a transmit control signal to the emitter.


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