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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Wabtec Holding Corp., Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Dennis W. Sutherland, Marion, IA (US);
Kristofer M. Ruhland, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
James A. Oswald, Coggon, IA (US);
Assignee:
Wabtec Holding Corp., Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/18 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/228 (2013.01); B60T 8/18 (2013.01); B60T 8/1893 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are a computer-implemented method for determining safety factors or a safety factor formula for use in a braking model of at least one train, a computer-implemented method for determining a plurality of safety factors for use in a braking model of at least one train, and braking systems for use on trains.