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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.

Patent No.:

US 11192565 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2019

Anti-collision device and system for use with a railcar

Applicant:

Railserve, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

John Roberts, Fayetteville, GA (US);

Timothy J. Benjamin, Newnan, GA (US);

Peter M. Bartek, Ledgewood, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Railserve, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Primary Examiner:

Mark T Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/34 (2006.01); B61L 23/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); B60T 7/22 (2006.01); B61L 17/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/00 (2006.01); B61H 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/04 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/00 (2013.01); B60T 7/22 (2013.01); B61H 13/00 (2013.01); B61L 15/009 (2013.01); B61L 17/00 (2013.01); B61L 23/041 (2013.01); B61L 23/34 (2013.01); B61L 25/021 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 27/04 (2013.01); G01S 7/003 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); B60T 2201/022 (2013.01); G01S 7/04 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G01S 2013/932 (2020.01); G01S 2013/9328 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anti-collision system for railcars and locomotives provides a distance ranging and worker coupling protection system utilizing remote-sensing radar techniques for use with a locomotive and railcar. The anti-collision system may include an object detector device attached to a railcar or a locomotive that detects objects in a path of the railcar and the locomotive and a train display device electrically connected to the object detector device. The anti-collision system may also include an emergency action device which enables a crew member to stop the railcar or locomotive without communication to a locomotive operator when a hazard is recognized. The object detector device may include a remote sensor, a radio, and a microprocessor programmed to include data-logging to record and log all data from the anti-collision system.

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