Patents Assigned to GE Harris Harmon Railway Technology, LLC
  • Method and apparatus for controlling remote locomotive operation
    Patent number: 6505103
    Abstract: A transponder-based distributed power train control system using a plurality of transponders located between the track rails or along the track wayside for setting the control functions, for example the brake or throttle controls of the remote power units in a train. Each remote power unit includes a transponder reader and the transponder return signal provides a pointer into a look-up table. The look-up table value represents the control setting for the remote power unit for the read transponder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: GE Harris Harmon Railway Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph J. Howell, Edward F. Routledge