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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:
Aug. 08, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory D Newman, Chippenham, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442605 ; 364436 ; 340994 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for use in a railway vehicle for regulating it, comprising: means for calculating running profiles between two or more fixed destinations; means for receiving, either from a second or subsequent railway vehicle, directly or via separate means, the time at which one or more of the destinations will become clear for use by the railway vehicle; means for knowing what balance to apply to trade-offs between two or more operational strategies; means for knowing the timetabled arrival and departure times scheduled for it at any destination; and means for reporting to any second or subsequent railway vehicle, either directly or via separate means, its calculated arrival time at any destination.