Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Brake cylinder maintaining valve
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Application No.: US15092902Application Date: 2016-04-07
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Publication No.: US10556574B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Edward W. Gaughan , William John Potter
- 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 Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Christopher R. Carroll
- Main IPC: B60T11/10
- IPC: B60T11/10 ; B60T15/02 ; B60T13/26 ; B60T15/18 ; B61H13/20

Abstract:
A system for maintaining brake cylinder pressure includes a brake cylinder passage configured to be in fluid communication with a brake cylinder, a brake pipe passage configured to be in fluid communication with a brake pipe and a brake cylinder, a first valve member moveable between a first position and a second position, and a second valve member in fluid communication with a reference pressure. The second valve member is configured to move the first valve member from the first position to the second position based on a differential between a pressure within the brake cylinder passage and the reference pressure, where the brake pipe passage is configured to only supply air from a brake pipe to a brake cylinder when the first valve member is in the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160221556A1 Brake Cylinder Maintaining Valve Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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