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Remote control system for a locomotive

US5685507A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 29, 1996
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61L3/127
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A locomotive control system comprising a remote transmitter issuing RF binary coded commands and a slave controller mounted on the locomotive that decodes the transmission and operates in dependence thereof various actuators to carry into effect the commands of the ground based operator.

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