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Patent No.:

US 9598822 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2015

Lead rail vehicle with drone vehicle and method

Applicant:

Harsco Corporation, Camp Hill, PA (US);

Inventor:

John Mustard, Columbia, SC (US);

Assignee:

HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Fairmont, MN (US);

Attorney:

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bhavesh V Amin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); E01B 31/18 (2006.01); B61D 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 99/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61L 23/12 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); E01B 31/00 (2006.01); E01B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B 31/18 (2013.01); B61D 15/00 (2013.01); B61L 23/041 (2013.01); B61L 23/12 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 99/00 (2013.01); E01B 31/00 (2013.01); E01B 37/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for performing track maintenance operations is described. The system includes a lead vehicle for identifying sections of rail that have been pre-marked for track maintenance operations. The lead vehicle further includes a control system for receiving and transmitting coordinates of the pre-marked track sections. The system further includes at least one drone vehicle for receiving the coordinates from the control system and the drone vehicle has at least one workhead for performing track maintenance operations on the pre-marked track sections.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Mustard, John. (2017). Lead rail vehicle with drone vehicle and method (U.S. Patent No. 9598822). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9598822

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