Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wayside communication system using power grid lines
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Application No.: US15281621Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10293840B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Nicholas Nagrodsky , Richard Lawson , Jeffrey Fries , John Hounschell , James Kiss
- Applicant: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
- Applicant Address: FR Saint-Ouen
- Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
- Current Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Saint-Ouen
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Main IPC: B61L7/06
- IPC: B61L7/06 ; B61L5/06 ; H04B3/54 ; B61L1/18 ; B61L23/04 ; B61L27/00

Abstract:
A wayside communication system for transmitting coded current signals through running rails of a railroad track between wayside control devices. A power line common to the wayside control devices is used as the return path for the current signals. The system features train and broken rail detection. The system allows sending signals long distances since rail to rail current leakage is no longer an issue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180093684A1 WAYSIDE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING POWER GRID LINES Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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