Brake control for multi-platform freight car
CA 2181871 C · Owner: Paul, John E. · Inventors: Paul, John E.; Sich, Gary M.
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A brake system is provided for a multi-platform railroad car in which a single microprocessor is employed to control the car brakes. In one embodiment, a single electro-pneumatic control unit provides a common brake pressure to the brakes of each truck in accordance with the truck design net brake ratio and load weight of whichever truck requires the lowest brake pressure. In a second embodiment of the invention the brakes, on separate truck sets are provided with different common brake pressures by employing separate electro-pneumatic control units for each truck set under control of the microprocessor. In such an arrangement, the different common brake pressure on one truck set can be …
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- Filed July 23, 1996 and granted November 7, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 23, 2016.
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