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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventors:
Laurent Dagenais, Montreal, CA;
Luc Vachon, Verdun, CA;
Martin Nicole, Blainville, CA;
Pierre Le Vérone, Blainville, CA;
Daniel Filion, Mirabel, CA;
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 23/02 (2006.01); B61K 13/04 (2006.01); B61B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 23/025 (2013.01); B61B 1/02 (2013.01); B61K 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powered gap mitigation device for transit vehicles allows a gap mitigation plate to move outboard from its stowed position, be locked in the deployed position, move inboard from a deployed position to a stowed position, be locked in the stowed position, and be manually stowed and cut-out in case of malfunction.