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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Mark Michel, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Stuart Head, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Mark Michel, Greer, SC (US);
Thomas Stuart Head, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Amsted Rail—Faiveley, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 66/02 (2006.01); F16D 65/14 (2006.01); B61H 13/04 (2006.01); F16D 66/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61H 13/04 (2013.01); F16D 2066/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brake mechanism having a chain locator comprises a chain coupled between a braking mechanism and a railway car brake system, a marker is releasably secured to the chain, and a sensor is coupled to the railway car proximate the chain for detecting the state of the railway car brake system. The chain is moveable between a first position in which the marker is not sensed by the sensor, and a second position in which the sensor detects the marker.