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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Siemens Mobility, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Paul Young, Louisville, KY (US);
Nathan Fletcher, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Mobility, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 29/22 (2006.01); B61L 23/00 (2006.01); B61L 29/04 (2006.01); H02P 23/14 (2006.01); H02P 25/03 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 29/22 (2013.01); B61L 23/007 (2013.01); B61L 29/04 (2013.01); H02P 23/14 (2013.01); H02P 25/03 (2016.02);
Abstract
A crossing gate mechanism includes an electric motor with one or more sensor(s), a crossing gate arm operated via the electric motor, and a controller configured to control the electric motor to raise or lower the crossing gate arm in response to a gate control signal. The controller is further configured to sense a motion of the crossing gate arm and detect an obstruction that prevents the crossing gate arm to execute the motion. Further, an associated method and non-transitory computer readable medium are described.