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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Mark Edward Kane, Orange Park, FL (US);
James Francis Shockley, Orange Park, FL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Edward Kane, Orange Park, FL (US);
James Francis Shockley, Orange Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
Invensys Rail Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A head of train device is configured to examine messages received from end of train units other than the end of train unit attached to the same train and to alert an operator to the presence of an end of train unit from another train that indicates that the end of train unit from the other train has stopped. The indication can take the form of a zero brake pipe pressure.