Patents Assigned to Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Limited
  • Rail vehicle braking apparatus
    Patent number: 4319787
    Abstract: A rail vehicle braking apparatus which operates with brake control valves on successive vehicles of a train controlled by pressure in a brake pipe extending along the train has warning means responsive to rising brake pipe fluid flow to warn of possible non-released brakes in the train and the warning means being inhibited by a rising fluid pressure-sensing means to prevent an undesired warning due to brake pipe fluid flow during release of the brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Limited
    Inventor: David J. Wickham