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Patent No.:

US 10960870 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018

Vehicle brake cylinder monitoring system and method

Applicant:

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);

Inventors:

Edward W. Gaughan, Greensburg, PA (US);

William John Potter, Trafford, PA (US);

Vincent F. Troiani, New Florence, PA (US);

Assignee:

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US);

Attorneys:

Philip S. Hof

The Small Patent Law Group, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Pamela Rodriguez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 13/24 (2006.01); G01L 19/08 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); B61H 13/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/228 (2013.01); B60T 13/24 (2013.01); B60T 17/221 (2013.01); B61H 13/34 (2013.01); G01L 19/086 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60T 2270/88 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/47 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for monitoring air pressure applied to a brake cylinder of a braking assembly of a railway vehicle, including an empty-load device, and an RFID transducer in communication with the empty-load device, wherein the RFID transducer is configured to measure the air pressure delivered to the brake cylinder of the braking assembly, and generate data on the air pressure delivered to the brake cylinder of the braking assembly; and a remote data monitor configured to read data from the RFID transducer.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gaughan, Edward. (2021). Vehicle brake cylinder monitoring system and method (U.S. Patent No. 10960870). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10960870

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