DERAILMENT WARNING INDICATOR

The patent application relates to a system for dynamically indicating to an engineer the maximum buff or draft force that can be applied without significant danger of derailment for all cases of quasi-steady grade and curve negotiation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This Government-owned invention available for U.S. licensing and, possibly, for foreign licensing. Copy of application available NTIS.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BRANTMAN, R
  • Vrabel, J D
  • Sussman, E D
• Publication Date: 1977-2-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control devices; Derailments; Force; Indicating instruments; Interfaces; Locomotive engineers; Locomotive operation; Locomotives; Patent applications; Patents; Prevention; Railroad cars; Railroad tracks; Safety equipment; Steering; Train operations; Train track dynamics; Warning systems; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Grade operations; Locomotive controls; Locomotive engineer's tasks; Slack action
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154119
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: PAT-APPL-765-929 Patent
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM