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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Harsco Technologies Llc, Fairmont, MN (US);
Inventor:
Shannon Bailey, Newton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Fairmont, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/06 (2006.01); B61L 23/24 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 23/14 (2006.01); B61L 23/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/20 (2006.01); B61L 23/34 (2006.01); G01S 19/05 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/06 (2013.01); B61L 23/00 (2013.01); B61L 23/14 (2013.01); B61L 23/20 (2013.01); B61L 23/24 (2013.01); B61L 23/34 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 2205/04 (2013.01); G01S 19/05 (2013.01); G01S 2205/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railway collision protection and safety system has a vehicle device located on rail vehicles at a work zone, a personal protection unit located with rail workers at the work zone, and a dispatcher processor at a control center. An authority limit within the work zone may be determined by the dispatcher processor, and an authority exceeded signal is sent to the rail vehicle when the rail vehicle is determined to exceed the authority limit.