Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Pallo

Christopher E. Pallo 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).

  • System and method for selectively limiting tractive effort to facilitate train control
    Patent number: 7949441
    Abstract: Method for controlling the level of tractive efforts in a train having a first locomotive at a head end of the train, constituting a lead locomotive, and a second locomotive positioned in the train behind the lead locomotive, constituting a remote locomotive, with the remote locomotive being configured to selectively operate in either of two modes of operation, such as a first mode in which the locomotive operates at a full tractive effort level of operation and a second mode in which the locomotive operates in a partial tractive effort level of operation producing a tractive effort which is less than the full tractive effort of the locomotive. The method allows selecting (e.g., at the lead locomotive) one of the two modes of operation for producing a level of tractive effort appropriate for conditions as the train moves along a length of track. The method further allows transmitting a signal indicative of the selected mode of operation from the lead locomotive to the remote locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mirza Aref Ahmed Baig, Richard L. Evans, Scott Sexauer, Christopher E. Pallo, Ning Zhang, Steven Andrew Kellner, Leonard Hill, Bruce M. Sweeley, James Glen Corry
  • System and method for selectively limiting tractive effort to facilitate train control
    Patent number: 6922619
    Abstract: Method for controlling the level of tractive efforts in a train having a first locomotive at a head end of the train, constituting a lead locomotive, and a second locomotive positioned in the train behind the lead locomotive, constituting a remote locomotive, with the remote locomotive being configured to selectively operate in either of two modes of operation, such as a first mode in which the locomotive operates at a full tractive effort level of operation and a second mode in which the locomotive operates in a partial tractive effort level of operation producing a tractive effort which is less than the full tractive effort of the locomotive. The method allows selecting (e.g., at the lead locomotive) one of the two modes of operation for producing a level of tractive effort appropriate for conditions as the train moves along a length of track. The method further allows transmitting a signal indicative of the selected mode of operation from the lead locomotive to the remote locomotive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mirza Aref Ahmed Baig, Richard L. Evans, Scott Sexauer, Christopher E. Pallo, Ning Zhang, Steven Andrew Kellner, Leonard Hill, Bruce M. Sweeley, James Glen Corry
  • System and method for selectively limiting tractive effort to facilitate train control
    Publication number: 20030120400
    Abstract: Method for controlling the level of tractive efforts in a train having a first locomotive at a head end of the train, constituting a lead locomotive, and a second locomotive positioned in the train behind the lead locomotive, constituting a remote locomotive, with the remote locomotive being configured to selectively operate in either of two modes of operation, such as a first mode in which the locomotive operates at a full tractive effort level of operation and a second mode in which the locomotive operates in a partial tractive effort level of operation producing a tractive effort which is less than the full tractive effort of the locomotive. The method allows selecting (e.g., at the lead locomotive) one of the two modes of operation for producing a level of tractive effort appropriate for conditions as the train moves along a length of track. The method further allows transmitting a signal indicative of the selected mode of operation from the lead locomotive to the remote locomotive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Mirza Aref Ahmed Baig, Richard L. Evans, Scott Sexauer, Christopher E. Pallo, Ning Zhang, Steven Andrew Kellner, Leonard Hill, Bruce M. Sweeley, James Glen Corry