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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan V. Sheriff, Freeport, IL (US);
Brady J. Hammond, Freeport, IL (US);
Duane J. Sies, Freeport, IL (US);
Gary R. O'Brien, Freeport, IL (US);
Brad L. Cummins, Freeport, IL (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell INC, Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/514 ;
Abstract
On a railroad car handbrake system the main handbrake shaft, used to turn the chain, is utilized during its rotation to drive a target object to a magnetic sensor. The target object may be driven by cam plates, gears, screw mechanisms or the like and may be a magnetic or ferromagnetic object. The sensor system disclosed is rugged and easily adapted to existing handbrake systems.