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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Reinhold Mayer, Kansfeld, DE;
Ralf Schmid, Vaterstetten, DE;
Inventors:
Reinhold Mayer, Kansfeld, DE;
Ralf Schmid, Vaterstetten, DE;
Assignee:
Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T008/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and to a system for monitoring the effectiveness of rail vehicle braking systems and, in response to certain criteria, initiating one or more of a safety braking and a switching-off of a brake-force-limiting or brake-force-reducing device of the braking system when a defined desired slip is not reached.