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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Frank Wegner Donnelly, North Vancouver, CA;
David Herman Swan, Lawrencetown, CA;
John David Watson, Evergreen, CO (US);
Inventors:
Frank Wegner Donnelly, North Vancouver, CA;
David Herman Swan, Lawrencetown, CA;
John David Watson, Evergreen, CO (US);
Assignee:
Railpower Technologies Corp., North Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 5/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to the termination of the occurrence of wheel slip/skid and prediction and prevention of the onset of wheel slip/skid in a locomotive. In one configuration, a lookup table of adhesion factors is used to predict the occurrence of wheel slip/skid.