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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Loudonville, NY (US);
Benjamin Paul Church, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Brock Estel Osborn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Erik Hershey, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Loudonville, NY (US);
Benjamin Paul Church, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Brock Estel Osborn, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Progress Rail Services Corp, Albertville, AL (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting a moving hot bearing or wheel of a rail car is provided. The system includes a first comparator to receive input signals representative of radiation emitted by the moving hot rail car bearing or wheel, and to compare the input signals to a threshold value. The system further includes a counter for counting incidents of the input signals exceeding the threshold value and a second comparator to compare a number of incidents of the input signals exceeding the threshold value to a count threshold as an indication of detection of a hot rail car bearing or wheel.