Pneumatic empty/load proportioning for electro-pneumatic brake
CA 2174910 C · Owner: Mckay, Albert A. · Inventors: Mckay, Albert A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A microprocessor based electro-pneumatic brake system for a railroad car including an emergency backup having load control apparatus under control of the microprocessor and arranged to maintain a load setting consistent with the microprocessor control in the event a power failure or malfunction renders the microprocessor inoperable.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 24, 1996 and granted April 18, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 24, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 24, 2018.
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