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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. 22, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger B Lewis, Ogdensburg, NY (US);
Jon M Marra, Henderson, NY (US);
Assignee:
New York Air Brake Corporation, Watertown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303 86 ; 303 20 ; 36442601 ;
Abstract
A locomotive brake control system including train brake and bail-off with hold and/or blending features. A preliminary brake cylinder pressure control signal is provided to the propulsion system which provides a blending signal as a function of the preliminary brake control signal and dynamic braking. Holding and blending reservoirs are computer simulated.