Electro-pneumatic brake system and controller therefor
CA 2212155 C · Owner: Hart, James E. · Inventors: Hart, James E.
Overview
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A brake control system for a railroad freight car having an electro-pneumatic brake controller in which a self-lapping valve assembly is operated by a constant spring load acting through a first class operating lever. An electric stepping motor under control of a microprocessor is employed to change the fulcrum point of the operating lever and thereby vary the ratio of the operating lever in order to obtain different braking pressures from the self-lapping valve assembly according to an electric control signal transmitted to the microprocessor.
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- Filed July 30, 1997 and granted February 27, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 30, 2019.
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