Patents by Inventor Bryan David Cain

Bryan David Cain 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).

  • WDP setup determination method
    Patent number: 6972670
    Abstract: A method of determining the configuration of locomotives in wired distributed trains. It includes determining consists of adjacent locomotives in the train. It determines one or more sub-consists of adjacent locomotives, which are controlled separately from a preceding adjacent locomotive within the consist. Locomotives which have an available wired distributed power controller is determined. A common consist indicator is assigned to all adjacent locomotives of a consist if the consist has at least one available wired distributed power controller. A common sub-consist indicator is assigned to all locomotives of a sub-consist if the consist has at least one available wired distributed power controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation
    Inventors: John LaDuc, Jon M. Marra, Dale R. Stevens, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Bryan David Cain