Adaptive brake scheme during a distributed power communication loss
US8406941B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60T13/665
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An adaptive brake system for a distributed power train responsive to an interruption in a communication system for the train and a brake application initiated at the lead locomotive, reduces the brake pipe fluid pressure at a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive to a predetermined pressure level to reduce in-train forces that may occur as a result of the pressure differentials in the brake pipe line of the lead and remote locomotives.
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