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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Inventor:
James David Seaton, Westmont, IL (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B61H 13/00 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 15/02 (2006.01); B60T 13/36 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 7/124 (2013.01); B60T 13/665 (2013.01); B60T 17/228 (2013.01); B61H 13/00 (2013.01); B60T 8/1705 (2013.01); B60T 13/365 (2013.01); B60T 15/021 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A braking system includes a brake pipe, a pressure sensor and a pressure valve, each operatively associated with the brake pipe. The pressure valve is directed to reduce a pressure in the brake pipe in response to data from the pressure sensor, and a secondary pressure sensor is operatively associated with the brake pipe, wherein a pressure in the brake pipe is reduced in to data from the secondary pressure sensor.