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8180546 Electronic brake controller  
A controller for electric trailer brakes that includes a three axis accelerometer for detecting deceleration of a towing vehicle and an interactive liquid crystal display controlled by a plurality...
8152243 Electrically controlled brake system  
An electrically controlled brake system 10 for a tractor is provided that is equipped with an anti-jackknifing brake that can be actuated by means of a manual operating element and that acts only...
8155851 Method for supporting a brake system in case of reduced effectiveness of the vehicle brake system  
Disclosed is a method for increasing a braking effect in a motor vehicle with a hydraulic brake system. An energy supply unit, which is used to increase the brake pressure in at least one wheel...
8123306 Trailer connection selector  
A truck includes a pressurized air supply system for providing air to one of a plurality of air supply connections and a selector circuit for providing selection to one of the air supply...
8123305 Emergency protection for remote control braking systems  
A locomotive brake system including an electronic air brake controller for controlling at least a train brake pipe in a standard EAB mode and remote mode of the brake system and a remote locomotive...
8078346 Convertible wireless display unit  
An operator interface unit, includes a housing with a first electrical port having a first pair of terminals to be connect to a pair of network wires of the locomotive, and a second pair of...
8042882 Truck/trailer brake control system  
A braking system for a combined tractor-trailer assembly wherein a leading trailer is coupled to a towing tractor and a trailing trailer is coupled to the leading trailer. All of the wheels of the...
7983805 Method and apparatus for swapping lead and remote locomotives in a distributed power railroad train  
A communications system for a train having spaced apart first and second locomotives each capable of lead and remote operation and rail cars. The first locomotive operating as a lead unit...
7971942 Trailer brake system  
A trailer brake system constructed and arranged to effect the relay of a brake signal from the tractor and an automatically generated brake signal of an electronic control device of the trailer to...
7949441 System and method for selectively limiting tractive effort to facilitate train control  
Method for controlling the level of tractive efforts in a train having a first locomotive at a head end of the train, constituting a lead locomotive, and a second locomotive positioned in the train...
7931344 Remote control brake system and manifold  
A locomotive brake system includes a plurality of electronic air brake controllers for controlling at least a train brake pipe and a locomotive brake pipe interconnected by a communication network....
7905555 Yaw control system for a vehicle-trailer combination  
A yaw control system capable of detecting a predetermined yaw angle of a towed vehicle and then automatically communicating with a braking system of the towed vehicle includes an actuator and a...
7810889 Digital databus  
A brake system for a railway vehicle (10), wherein the axles (3, 6) of the vehicle are provided with axle speed sensors (1, 2, 4, 5) adapted to measure the speed of rotation of the respective axle....
7784879 Electronic control air management with parking brake and trailer supply control  
A brake system assembly for a motor vehicle is provided comprising an air compressor operably engaged to the motor vehicle engine; a compressed air control device; at least one supply circuit for...
7762631 Distributed power train operation responsive to an unexpected brake pipe fluid flow condition  
A method of propagating a brake pipe braking command along a fluid carrying brake pipe (14) interconnecting members of a transportation system, the transportation system comprising a communication...
7731302 Stability enhancing system for tow-vehicle towing trailer assembly  
A system for providing enhanced force and motion stability and management for a tow-vehicle towing a trailer assembly is disclosed. The system includes a tow-vehicle with an electronic stability...
7715956 Method and apparatus for swapping lead and remote locomotives in a distributed power railroad train  
A method and apparatus for swapping functionality of a lead unit and an end-of-train remote unit on a distributed power railroad train. The communications system comprises a swap function that...
7703860 Remote control brake system and manifold  
A locomotive brake system includes a plurality of electronic air brake controllers for controlling at least a train brake pipe and a locomotive brake pipe interconnected by a communication network....
7699406 Towed vehicle brake actuator assembly  
A system for actuating brakes in a towed vehicle in response to actuation of brakes in a towing vehicle comprising a cylinder including an inner cylindrical wall attached to a brake pedal in the...
7631950 Apparatus for stopping a vehicle  
An apparatus for externally controlling one or more brakes on a vehicle having a pressurized fluid braking system. The apparatus can include a pressurizable vessel that is adapted for fluid-tight...
7628458 Adaptive brake flow masking at remote locomotives of a distributed power train  
In a transportation system comprising a fluid carrying brake pipe (14) connecting controlling member of the system and a controlled member (e.g., 12) a method of adaptively disabling an ability of...
7597406 Multi-location tractor trailer pneumatic connections  
A tractor truck configured for towing trailers of different air connection configuration. The truck has a first and a second tractor protection valve, each configured to be located on the tractor...
7529610 Brake interface module  
A brake interface module for an electronic air brake (EAB) or a magnet valve that incorporates positive train control digital commands with additional fail-safe, discrete train control spare inputs...
7497524 System for signaling potential unintended application of park air brake in a vehicle having a lift platform  
A method for warning a driver of a moving vehicle of potential imminent unintended application of a park brake because of an indication that a motorized lift (12) is out-of-stow. A processor (68)...
7494194 Remote control train-line braking system  
A remote train-line braking control system includes first and second air supplies and a first control valve connected in fluid communication between the first air supply and an air pressure...
7490913 Trailer and semi-trailer brake valve with an integrated control of the air suspension  
An axle arrangement of a trailer or semi-trailer comprises an axle modulator having an axle control unit in which one valve, respectively, is arranged for the service brake and for the air...
7484814 Hydraulic system with engine anti-stall control  
A hydraulic system has first and second functions in which separate control valves govern the flow of fluid between actuators and both a supply conduit and a return conduit. The second function is...
7455370 Brake pipe control system with remote radio car  
A remote radio railroad car located within or at the end of the train that charges or exhausts the brake pipe in response to radio commands from the lead unit. The brake pipe control system...
7452038 System and method for remotely releasing a parking brake on a disabled vehicle  
A system and method of remotely controlling the parking brake of a disabled vehicle to be towed by a towing vehicle includes using the hydraulic fluid of towing vehicle to control the parking brake...
7434895 Electronic equalizing reservoir controller with pneumatic penalty override and reduction limiting  
A control system which allows electro-pneumatic control of an equalizing reservoir with the capacity to create penalty applications in a purely pneumatic manner. A controller for the equalizing...
7429087 Air system instalation to be applied in tractors, combine harvesters, crop-sprayers, sewers, grain augers, hoppers, trailers, wagons, carts and towing vehicles to support and transport different kinds of cargos such as cereals  
The present invention includes a pneumatic system for an agro-industrial vehicle including an air compressor, a dual circuit foot valve connected to the air compressor, and at least two air storage...
7413266 Method for controlling the brake system of a vehicle train  
An improved method and associated system for controlling the brake system of a vehicle train including a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, wherein a control device disposed in the tractor...
7396089 Electro-pneumatic latching valve system  
The electro-pneumatic latching valve system having an electrical switch unit that further includes an “apply” or “activate” switch, a “release” or “deactivate” switch, and a power supply. A first...
7383735 Pressure transducer package for a manifold  
A package designed for monitoring fluid pressure in a manifold includes one or more pressure transducers and a microprocessor incorporated into a package to form a single, modular fluid pressure...
7374252 Wheel slip brake assurance module  
A wheel slip assurance module comprises a device for disabling the wheel slip valve, a timing reservoir in communication with the disabling device, and a check valve and choke circuit providing...
7370917 Braking system for a trailer vehicle  
An electro-pneumatic system including relay valves disposed between a pressure supply inlet and outputs respectively, and having respective control inputs; associated solenoid-operated valves each...
7367635 Rail vehicle having an electrical signal line loop  
A rail vehicle includes an electrical signal line loop for activating the brakes. There is provision for a safety loop, which is redundant with respect to the signal line loop and is electrically...
7367634 Relay configuration for an electro-pneumatic train  
A relay valve configuration which can be used with various cars in an electropneumatic train and under the control of one of the electropneumatic brake control valves. The improved brake control...
7357463 Electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle  
An electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle including a multi-layer structure with a plurality of superimposed plates, and in particular, an upper plate carrying...
7347507 Brake controller  
Brake controller for controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is provided. The controller includes microprocessor, an accelerometer, a storage array for storing a sequence of signals, and...
7311364 Electric trailer brake controller  
A micro processor based electric brake controller includes a multi-axis accelerometer that senses deceleration of a towing vehicle along a plurality of directional axes. The controller also...
7309111 Pressure medium-actuated brake system of a tractor-trailer combination  
The invention relates to a pressure medium-actuated brake system of a tractor-trailer combination comprising at least one first brake circuit and one second brake circuit. The inventive brake...
7284802 Stabilizing device for motor vehicles comprising compressed-air braking systems  
The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising a compressed-air braking system. Said vehicle has two braking cylinders, which can be impinged by compressed-air from a compressed-air reserve by...
7273260 Electronic breakaway device  
A breakaway device (10) to detect when a towed vehicle (14) separates from a towing vehicle (16) in order to engage the towed vehicle's brakes broadly comprises a sensor operable to detect when a...
7240970 Trail locomotive brake control  
A brake controller for a locomotive includes a train brake pipe, a locomotive brake pipe, a brake cylinder, a control valve and a relay valve. The first control input of the relay valve is...
7226135 Braking system for a self-powered rail vehicle provided with an anti-slip device  
A pneumatic operating device for direct braking and an electropneumatic valve unit of an anti-slip device have their outlets connected to the braking actuators through an interlock valve device...
7226134 Method for stabilizing the driving state of a utility vehicle combination  
According to the invention, the driving stability of a utility vehicle combination, which is comprised of a towing vehicle and of a towed vehicle, is monitored (3-5) when the towed vehicle is...
7216941 Parking brake lock-in key switch system with automatic application for a vehicle with an air brake system  
A parking brake system for motor vehicle air brakes provides automatic engagement of the parking brakes when a gearshift lever is moved to park, but requires manual disengagement of the parking...
7204564 Vehicle trailer brake controller with wheel speed selection  
A method of controlling a trailer brake system using a trailer brake controller positioned within a passenger vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining intended braking inputs and...
7204563 Park brake interlock and trailer brake valve assembly  
A brake system for a tractor-trailer vehicle includes a service brake system and a park brake system. The service and park brake systems are used to brake both a tractor and a trailer towed by the...