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Emergency braking trigger system for a railcar

An emergency braking trigger system for a railcar includes an exhaust valve module mechanically coupled to a brake pipe of a railcar, a sensor suite operable to sense a threshold event of the railcar,…

DRIVE·May 26·1 min read

B60T8/1705

WHEEL SLIDE INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, WHEEL SLIDE PREDICTING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR BRAKE DEVICE AND WHEEL SLIDE INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD

A control device (80) for controlling a brake device (50) includes an acquiring unit (87) for acquiring position information of a vehicle (10) on a rail. The control device (80) includes a wheel slide…

DRIVE·Jul 30·1 min read

B60T8/1705 NABTESCO CORP [JP]

PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM OF A RAIL VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIER

A parking brake system for a rail vehicle () contains a brake actuator () for receiving a parking-brake command (cmd) and producing an electric brake-force signal (BF). A brake unit () contains first …

DRIVE·Mar 27·2 min read

B60T8/1705 DELLNER BUBENZER AB

SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE FORWARD SPEED OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE

Described is a system for determining the forward speed of at least one vehicle, comprising control means, each associated with at least one axle, and a communication means for transmitting signals or…

DRIVE·Oct 31·1 min read

B60T8/1705 FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND INFLUENCING THE THERMAL STATE OF A FRICTION BRAKE SYSTEM OF A RAIL VEHICLE

A method and device monitor and influence the thermal state of a friction brake system of a rail vehicle on the basis of a calculated or estimated predictive friction element temperature of at least o…

DRIVE·Sep 19·1 min read

B60T8/1705 KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENEN-FAHRZEUGE GMBH

BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD

In a railway vehicle, a brake control device controlling a first brake device that presses a friction material against a wheel and a second brake device not using the friction material includes: a whe…

DRIVE·Sep 5·2 min read

B60T8/1705 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMUM OR MAXIMUM-PERMISSIBLE SPEED OF A RAIL VEHICLE

A method for determining an optimum or maximum-permissible speed of a rail vehicle, dependent on a thermal state of at least one friction element of at least one friction brake of includes detecting a…

DRIVE·Jul 11·2 min read

B60T8/1705 KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENEN-FAHRZEUGE GMBH

METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMUM OR MAXIMUM-PERMISSIBLE SPEED OF A RAIL VEHICLE

DRIVE·Apr 25·2 min read

B60T8/1705 KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENEN-FAHRZEUGE GMBH

VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

A vehicle control system may determine a required tractive effort and/or a required braking effort to propel a vehicle system at a determined speed. The vehicle control system may determine a throttle…

DRIVE·Oct 19·1 min read

B60T8/1705 Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ANTI-SLIDE SYSTEM

A control apparatus for an anti-slide system of a rail vehicle includes a slip control device, which is designed to determine a slip between the wheel and a rail operatively connected thereto from the…

DRIVE·Jul 6·2 min read

B60T8/1705 KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH

ELECTROMECHANICAL SERVICE AND EMERGENCY BRAKING ACTUATOR FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE AND ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKING SYSTEM

An electromechanical service and emergency braking actuator for a railway vehicle is described, comprising a safety unit arranged to regulate a first emergency braking control signal so as to indicate…

DRIVE·Apr 6·1 min read

B60T8/1705 FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.

BRAKING SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT ADDITIONAL SAFE BRAKING FUNCTIONS

Braking system for carrying out additional safe braking functions Various embodiments of a braking system () for at least one bogie or railway vehicle comprising an emergency braking control unit () m…

DRIVE·Jan 5·1 min read

B60T8/1705 FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.

ACOUSTIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

A control system may include a modulator device that may receive a control signal for changing a traction operation or a braking operation of a vehicle system formed from one or more vehicles. The mod…

DRIVE·Nov 24·1 min read

B60T8/1705 FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.

ROTATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM OF AT LEAST ONE AXLE FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE OR TRAIN

A rotational monitoring system of at least one axle designed to identify at least one axle controlled by it having an estimated instantaneous linear speed lower than a predetermined instantaneous line…

DRIVE·Jun 30·1 min read

B60T8/1705 FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA S.P.A.

VEHICLE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A method and system include a vehicle control system including a multi-vehicle system. The system includes a controller. The controller determines a slack condition of a multi-vehicle system while the…

DRIVE·Apr 28·1 min read

B60T8/1705 Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

A brake control system includes one or more processors communicatively connected to at least one sensor configured to output at least one property measurement of air in a brake pipe of a vehicle braki…

DRIVE·Mar 3·1 min read

B60T8/1705 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

A vehicle control system includes a controller comprising one or more processors. The controller is configured to determine a respective force exerted on a route segment by a first wheel of a pluralit…

DRIVE·Sep 16·1 min read

B60T8/1705 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

System and Method for Wheel-Slip Prevention in Railway Vehicles with Pneumatic Brakes

A control system for wheel-slip prevention in a railway vehicle with a pneumatic brake is provided. The control system comprises an input interface configured to accept a deceleration reference for co…

DRIVE·Jul 8·2 min read

B60T8/1705 Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

WEIGHT PROFILE DETERMINATION SYSTEM

A weight profile determination system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is disposed along a route and configured to generate a plurality of force measurements of a vehicle system moving o…

DRIVE·May 27·1 min read

B60T8/1705 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

SERVICE AND EMERGENCY BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLE

A braking control system includes braking control modules configured to generate a braking torque request signal, indicative of a requested braking torque value CFr, which is variable until reaching a…

DRIVE·Feb 11·2 min read

B60T8/1705 Faiveley Transport Italia S.P.A

TRAIN COMPARTMENT BRAKE CONTROL METHOD, TRAIN COMPARTMENT, AND TRAIN

A train compartment brake control method comprises the following steps: acquiring the number of train compartments of a current train; acquiring the number and type of a current train compartment; and…

DRIVE·May 28·2 min read

B60T8/1705 CRRC TANGSHAN CO., LTD.

Device and method for detecting wheel-track friction

The device has an electric circuit such as Wheatstone Bridge circuit, comprising two branches (11, 12) that is mounted in the form of a bridge, where each branch comprises a set of sections that is el…

DRIVE·Apr 2·1 min read

B60T8/1705 SIEMENS SAS [FR]

GUIDED TRANSFER CAR SYSTEM

In a rail guided vehicle system, unnecessary slowing down and stopping of a vehicle passing through a divergence point and a merge point is avoided. The rail guided vehicle system comprises a rail 100…

DRIVE·Dec 18·2 min read

B60T8/1705 MURATA MACHINERY LTD [JP]

Motorcycle with ABS module at a position forward of the head pipe of said motorcycle

In a motorcycle 10 with an ABS braking system, brake piping 64a, 74a is connected to the brake levers 61, 71 and to the front and rear brakes via an ABS module 53. A front upstream coupling member 66 …

DRIVE·Mar 6·2 min read

B60T8/1705 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD [JP]

Wheel slip protection system

An anti-locking brake module comprises a housing having a first port coupled to a brake pipe (10), a second output port coupled to a brake cylinder (24), and a third port coupled to atmosphere. A bloc…

DRIVE·Jun 8·2 min read

B60T8/1705 ELLCON NAT [US]

A braking control system for a railway or tramway vehicle with integrated anti-slip and anti-lock functions for the wheels

The system performs anti-slip and anti-lock functions of the wheels in a vehicle provided with a pneumatic braking system including brake control apparatus (BCA) to which is connectable a plurality of…

DRIVE·Sep 21·2 min read

B60T8/1705 FAIVELEY TRANSP PIOSSASCO S P [IT]

Time reset safety timer circuit

The time reset safety timer circuit (10) eliminates approximately half of the external interfaces of the prior art safety timers. The prior art safety timers depend on vehicle axle speeds, brake indic…

DRIVE·Jul 14·1 min read

B60T8/1705 WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECH CORP [US]