Patents by Inventor Anthony LaPolla

Anthony LaPolla 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).

  • Patent number: 4610206
    Abstract: A modular control system for a railroad classification yard is described. The control system can automatically perform those functions necessary to control the various elements of a railroad classification yard to enable the train of cars to be switched from a hump track to one of a plurality of bowl tracks in accordance with the destination for the car. The control system comprises a number of subsystems including a hump control system (HUMPCON), an operator communications subsystem (OPCOM), a switching control subsystem (MASC), a retarder control subsystem (MARC), a multidrop communications system (MDCOM), a crest monitor subsystem (CMON) and a distance to couple subsystem (MADTC). Some of the subsystems are implemented as singular modules (HCON, OPCOM, CMON). Other subsystems include multiple modules (MARC, MASC, MDCOM). Each module in each subsystem is comprised of a single microprocessor and related peripheral circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: General Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Kubala, Anthony LaPolla, Donald Raney, Charles W. Morse