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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Wood, Spartanburg, SC (US);
John W Drake, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David J Pcsolar, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303 92 ; 303-7 ; 303103 ; 36442605 ;
Abstract
An automatic and dynamic health monitoring system for detecting wheel lockup conditions caused by an unintentional unreleased handbrake or an unexpected traction motor seizure on multiple-axle railway vehicles by logically sensing and determining the status and operations of the input sensors and indicators to quickly and accurately diagnose the situation and to initiate an output fault code log signal.