Signalling Between Occupants Of A Train Patents (Class 246/166.1)
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Patent number: 11597280Abstract: A display device includes a drawing processing unit displaying a status of a device mounted on a train car, and a data collection unit including a signal definition holding unit holding signal definitions to be bases of first signals requesting information on the status of the device, a signal mapping management unit acquiring configuration information on the number of cars and a traveling direction, and generating the first signals, based on the signal definitions and configuration information to request information on the device status, a signal data storage unit holding a value of a second signal as information on the device status acquired by the signal mapping management unit's request, and a signal mapping generation unit generating signal mapping information for specifying the order of the cars on a display screen, based on the configuration information, and outputting the signal mapping information to the signal data storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Eisho Ando, Masayo Nakagawa, Akira Sugimoto
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Patent number: 11506955Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrically controlled sliding apparatus for photographic equipment, comprising: a controlling component, comprising a power supply and a slider controlling component electrically connected with the power supply; a guiding component; and a sliding component electrically connected with the controlling component and slidably mounted on the guiding component, the sliding component comprising: a rotation component for providing rotation movement; wherein the controlling component further comprises a first conducting part electrically connected with the power supply and the sliding component, the controlling component is configured to supply power to the rotation component through the first conducting part, and wherein the first conducting part comprises a first connecting section and a second connecting section respectively connected with the controlling component and the sliding component.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: ZHONGSHAN DASHAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Xihua Zhu
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Patent number: 9950758Abstract: A system includes a docking guide comprising a first alignment guide configured to couple with a first mobile unit that supports a turbine engine and a second alignment guide configured to couple with a second mobile unit that supports a generator. The first and second alignment guides are configured to guide a coupling between the first and second mobile units to help align the turbine engine with the generator.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Raymond Ka Lok Fong, Robert Allen Baten
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Patent number: 8807486Abstract: A track-bound vehicle, in particular a railborne vehicle, has a plurality of rail cars and a communication network for transmitting data signals. The communication network has two lines which run through the rail cars of the vehicle. The vehicle is designed in such a way that in each case one of the lines runs in the cars in a first region, and the other of the lines runs in a second region which is spatially separate from the latter, in at least one of the cars the course of the respective one line changes from the first region into the second region, and the course of the respective other line changes from the second region into the first region. Network components for refreshing the data signals that are transmitted in the lines are provided in the first region.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf Beyer, Werner Hager
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Patent number: 8428797Abstract: A method and a configuration for the operation of a railroad line include at least one signal box for providing line-block-section-specific light signal data and a line side system for an intermittent automatic or inductive train control system at line block section ends. In order to dispense with line side light signals and still be able to continue to use a signal box logic concept for light signals, the signal box transfers the line-block-section-specific light signal data over a radio system to a rail vehicle and the intermittent automatic or inductive train control system transfers line-block-section-specific data to the rail vehicle during passage by the rail vehicle. The rail vehicle determines the light signal data assigned to the line block section by comparison of line block section specifics.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe Rosenkranz, Klaus Scharnweber
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Patent number: 6990322Abstract: An apparatus and method for equipping a locomotive with a modular radio communication system capable of being expanded to incorporate future improvements in radio and data communication electronics. The modular radio communication system provides for the installation of a standardized mounting plate and housing onto the rooftop of the locomotive to reduce the need to make extensive mechanical and electrical modifications to the locomotive when the radio communications system is updated. Sunscreens and vent openings in the standard mounting plate and housing work to reduce the temperature of the internal components of the modular radio communications system.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jeff Harris, William Neeley, Brian Schroeck, Scot Stewart
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Patent number: 6218961Abstract: A system and method for preventing collisions between vehicles, such as railway vehicles, by exchanging data regarding track position of the vehicles. By use of an on-board track database, the system provides an indication of the distance between vehicles based not on line-of-sight but on track distance. Additionally, a system and method for accurately determining location of railway vehicles without the use of a network of trackside indicators. The disclosed system uses a gyro, position indicator, and a satellite position determination along with a track database to maintain highly accurate estimates of measurement errors and track position.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: G.E. Harris Railway Electronics, L.L.C.Inventors: Eric Gross, Anthony J. Guarino, Scott Easterling, Ernest Peek, Charles L. Zahm, Leonard R. Reinhart, Michael S. Gottfried