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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Eugene A. Smith, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Steven Andrew Kellner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Glen Paul Peltonen, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Brian Lee Staton, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Eugene A. Smith, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Steven Andrew Kellner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Glen Paul Peltonen, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Brian Lee Staton, Palm Bay, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system () and method for automatically controlling braking of a train (). The method includes applying a first degree of braking to the train during a first period of time, and then applying a second degree of braking to the train during a second time period following the first time period so that the train is slowed in a manner effective to limit a peak deceleration rate experienced by the train. The system includes a sensor () providing a signal indicative of an operating condition of a locomotive of the train requiring braking of the train, a memory () storing a braking schedule, and a processor () comprising logic executable for accessing the braking schedule stored in the memory responsive to the signal to automatically control braking of the locomotive according to the schedule.