Patents Assigned to Progress Rail Inspection & Information Systems S.r.l.
  • Detector for detecting train wheel bearing temperature
    Patent number: 9145152
    Abstract: A detector for detecting a condition of a rail vehicle undercarriage component including a sensor with infrared sensing elements, each of the elements configured to scan regions of a target area of the rail vehicle undercarriage component. The sensor is oriented so that at least one of the elements receives unobstructed infrared emissions from the rail vehicle undercarriage component, and the sensing elements are arranged in a matrix of plurality of arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Progress Rail Inspection & Information Systems S.r.l.
    Inventor: Alessandro Agostini
  • Method of detecting and signalling a hot box condition
    Patent number: 8950711
    Abstract: A method of detecting and signaling a hot box condition on a rail vehicle comprising the steps of acquiring temperature data from undercarriage components of the rail vehicle through temperature sensors provided in hot box detection devices; relaying temperature data through a wireless network of the hot box detection devices to a data recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Progress Rail Inspection & Information Systems S.r.l.
    Inventor: Alessandro Agostini