Patents by Inventor Darryl Wesche

Darryl Wesche 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).

  • Pantograph damage and wear monitoring system
    Patent number: 9061594
    Abstract: A system for evaluating the condition of a pantograph, the system comprising: a track-side pantograph monitoring station that captures one or more images of a pantograph, while a locomotive comprising the pantograph is in normal service; a station management system that analyzes one or more images captured at the monitoring site and determines the condition of the pantograph; and a user interface that controls the system and presents the results of the analysis to the user. A user may control the track-side monitoring station and station management system remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: QR LIMITED
    Inventors: Darryl Wesche, Timothy John Watkins, Leonard George Chardborn Hamey
  • PANTOGRAPH DAMAGE AND WEAR MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100322465
    Abstract: A system for evaluating the condition of a pantograph, the system comprising: a track-side pantograph monitoring station that captures one or more images of a pantograph, while a locomotive comprising the pantograph is in normal service; a station management system that analyses one or more images captured at the monitoring site and determines the condition of the pantograph; and a user interface that controls the system and presents the results of the analysis to the user. A user may control the track-side monitoring station and station management system remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: QR LIMITED
    Inventors: Darryl Wesche, Timothy John Watkins, Leonard George Chardborn Hamey