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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Applicant:
Progress Rail Services Corporation, Albertville, AL (US);
Inventor:
Mark Joseph Bartonek, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Assignee:
Progress Rail Services Corporation, Albertville, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/0094 (2013.01); G01M 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for characterizing an object protruding beneath a train traveling along a rail. The method may include receiving one or more signals indicative of a detected horizontal force component and a detected vertical force component generated by impact of the object with a stationary impact element. The method may also characterize the object based on the detected horizontal and vertical force components.