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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:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Georgetown Rail Equipment Company, Georgetown, TX (US);

Inventors:

Todd L. Euston, Austin, TX (US);

Gregory T. Grissom, Georgetown, TX (US);

Jeb E. Belcher, Georgetown, TX (US);

Antonio R. Mauricio, Round Rock, TX (US);

John J. Kainer, Georgetown, TX (US);

Ryan S. Richard, Temple, TX (US);

Carlos A. Repelli, Georgetown, TX (US);

Charles W. Aaron, Bertram, TX (US);

Assignee:

Loram Technologies, Inc., Georgetown, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61K 9/08 (2006.01); E01B 35/10 (2006.01); E01B 35/02 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); E01B 35/00 (2006.01); E01B 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61K 9/08 (2013.01); B61L 23/042 (2013.01); B61L 23/048 (2013.01); B61L 25/026 (2013.01); E01B 35/00 (2013.01); E01B 35/02 (2013.01); E01B 35/10 (2013.01); E01B 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for locating railroad components along a railroad track including obtaining a guidance plan and obtaining inspection data. The guidance plan includes an identity of each of a plurality of assets, the identity including previous features of the assets. The assets may be railroad components. The inspection data includes current features of a plurality of railroad components along the railroad track. The method includes using one or more processors, comparing and correlating the current features of the plurality of railroad components with the previous features of the assets to determine which of the plurality of railroad components corresponds with the plurality of assets.


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