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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:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas D Klink, Weatherby Lake, MO (US);
Assignee:
Technical Services and Marketing, Inc., Kansas City, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303 226 ; 303 227 ; 303198 ;
Abstract
A rail car load sensor 10 configured for use with a rail car brake controller 12. The rail car load sensor 10 detects and measures the distance between rail car 14 and rail 15 and transmits a distance signal to rail car brake controller 12 for adjusting the braking action of rail car brake controller 12 in accordance with the amount of load or weight in rail car 14.