Patents by Inventor Daniel Plawecki

Daniel Plawecki 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).

  • Protection against exceeding the braking capability of remote controlled locomotives
    Publication number: 20070142984
    Abstract: A method for controlling a remote controlled locomotive that is part of a train to insure effective braking, the method including calculating an estimated total energy of a train, calculating a threshold representing a predetermined braking capability limit of the locomotive, determining whether the estimated total energy is at least one of approaching and exceeding the threshold, and decreasing a velocity of the train until the threshold is at least one of no longer being approached and is no longer exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Plawecki, John Brand