Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method, and apparatus for certifying a brake pressure calibration for an end-of-train device
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Application No.: US15097597Application Date: 2016-04-13
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Publication No.: US10094729B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Padam D. Swar , Brian E. Kurz
- Applicant: Wabtec Holding Corp.
- Applicant Address: US PA Wilmerding
- Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
- Current Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Wilmerding
- Agency: The Webb Law Firm
- Main IPC: B60T17/22
- IPC: B60T17/22 ; G01L27/00

Abstract:
A system, method, and apparatus for certifying an end-of-train device pressure calibration is provided. The system includes an end-of-train device including a brake pipe interface adapted to be removably connected to a brake pipe system of a train and to receive air having a pressure from the brake pipe system, and a pressure sensing device configured to measure the air pressure received in the brake pipe interface to obtain a measured pressure. The system also includes a pressure calibration device adapted to be removably connected to the brake pipe interface when the end-of-train device is removed from the train, the pressure calibration device configured to output air at a regulated pressure to the brake pipe interface, and at least one controller programmed or configured to determine a calibration certification result based at least partially on a difference between the measured pressure and the regulated pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231194A1 System, Method, and Apparatus for Certifying a Brake Pressure Calibration for an End-of-Train Device Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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