Control system for vehicles
CA 1053786 A · Owner: General Signal Corporation · Inventors: Auer, John H. (Jr.)
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Control System for Vehicles, Abstract of the Disclosure A vehicle control system monitors vehicle passage at predetermined locations. Each time a vehicle passes a predetermined location a window is created for passage of that vehicle at the next predetermined location. So long as the vehicle actually passes the next location during the window the vehicle is allowed to continue its travel. As a further check each location ensures that safe separation is maintained between vehicles by allowing continued travel only if a minimum time separation is maintained. The system also responds to coupled vehicles by detecting that the time separation is below a predetermined value indicative of coupled …
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- Granted May 1, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 1, 1996.
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