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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:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Paul M. Julich, Indialantic, FL (US);
Mitchell Scott Wills, Melbourne, FL (US);
Inventors:
Paul M. Julich, Indialantic, FL (US);
Mitchell Scott Wills, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/76 (2006.01); B61B 12/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into a plurality of planning areas with a boundary element of common track between adjacent planning areas, using a local coordinating agent for controlling the movement of the trains through the boundary elements.