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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2004
Michael J. Hawthorne, Arlington, TX (US);
Richard J. Matusiak, Watertown, NY (US);
Michael J. Hawthorne, Arlington, TX (US);
Richard J. Matusiak, Watertown, NY (US);
New York Air Brake Corporation, Watertown, NY (US);
Abstract
A test system for computerized single car test devices. The test system includes at least one car tester having a first connector for connecting a first port to a brake pipe of the car, valves for selectively interconnecting ports of the tester, at least one pressure sensor sensing pressure at one or more of the ports, a communication circuit and a local controller connected to the valves and sensor and programmed to perform a test of the brake system and connected to the communication circuit to transmit test results. A plurality of car testers may be in communion with and controlled by the central controller at the same time.