Patents by Inventor Alan Laurance Cortie

Alan Laurance Cortie 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).

  • Vehicle control system and method
    Patent number: 11161486
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first controller configured to communicate a first brake command to one or more brake devices of a vehicle system via a communication pathway. The system also includes a second controller configured to monitor the communication pathway to determine whether the first brake command from the first controller is communicated via the communication pathway to the one or more brake devices. The second controller also is configured to implement a backup brake command to the one or more brake devices based on a presence of the first brake command and a level of brake application dictated by the first brake command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Danial Rice, Charles L. Wolf, Alan Laurance Cortie, Paul Gerard Bender
  • Vehicle Control System And Method
    Publication number: 20200017084
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a first controller configured to communicate a first brake command to one or more brake devices of a vehicle system via a communication pathway. The system also includes a second controller configured to monitor the communication pathway to determine whether the first brake command from the first controller is communicated via the communication pathway to the one or more brake devices. The second controller also is configured to implement a backup brake command to the one or more brake devices based on a presence of the first brake command and a level of brake application dictated by the first brake command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Danial Rice, Charles L. Wolf, Alan Laurance Cortie, Paul Gerard Bender