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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Claudio Filippone, College Park, MD (US);
Inventor:
Claudio Filippone, College Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/22 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61L 29/00 (2006.01); B61K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/042 (2013.01); B61K 5/00 (2013.01); B61L 3/227 (2013.01); B61L 15/0027 (2013.01); B61L 23/041 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B61L 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of an autonomous rail vehicle that can travel ahead of a locomotive at a distance proportional to the locomotive's stopping capability are disclosed. The rail vehicle may scan its surroundings, gauges track conditions, and communicates with locomotive operators of the scanned results in real-time to timely enable activation of the locomotive's emergency brakes in case of detection of off-normal track conditions. The rail vehicle may paired with the locomotive and provides eyes to locomotive operators so that they can have information on tracks viability well ahead of the locomotive.