Patents by Inventor Thomas Wade GOFORTH

Thomas Wade GOFORTH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230159069
    Abstract: A train control system includes independent virtual in-train forces modelling engines onboard each of a plurality of locomotives in a train. Each of the plurality of locomotives may also include an analytics engine and a calibration engine configured to assimilate, analyze, and calibrate real time information from other locomotives and from draft gears and couplers interconnecting the locomotives with determinations made by the independent virtual in-train forces modelling engine onboard the respective locomotive, with the plurality of locomotives of the train being configured to operate collectively and coordinate their own acceleration values based on a common goal of minimizing in-train forces without being dependent on a command from a lead locomotive or central command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: John William Brand, Thomas Wade Goforth, Evan Paul Sevel
  • Publication number: 20200314390
    Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling a camera on a vehicle may include determining a duty status of a driver of the vehicle. The methods and devices may also include controlling a recording status of at least one camera of a camera system on the vehicle based on the duty status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Kelly SCHIMELPFENIG, Thomas Wade GOFORTH
  • Patent number: 10687030
    Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling a camera on a vehicle may include determining a duty status of a driver of the vehicle. The methods and devices may also include controlling a recording status of at least one camera of a camera system on the vehicle based on the duty status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: OMNITRACS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Kelly Schimelpfenig, Thomas Wade Goforth
  • Publication number: 20180278896
    Abstract: Methods and devices for controlling a camera on a vehicle may include determining a duty status of a driver of the vehicle. The methods and devices may also include controlling a recording status of at least one camera of a camera system on the vehicle based on the duty status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Kelly SCHIMELPFENIG, Thomas Wade GOFORTH