Patents by Inventor Jason T. Connell

Jason T. Connell 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).

  • Method and system for determining brake shoe effectiveness
    Patent number: 7765859
    Abstract: A system for determining brake shoe effectiveness of a braking arrangement of a train during operation of the train including at least one brake database including braking data and at least one train database including train data. A control system is in communication with the at least one brake database and the at least one train database, and the control system dynamically determines brake shoe effectiveness data based upon the braking data and the train data, where the brake shoe effectiveness data includes the ability of the braking arrangement to retard the train to a specified level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Wabtec Holding Corp.
    Inventors: Jason T. Connell, M. Frank Wilson
  • Method and System for Determining Brake Shoe Effectiveness
    Publication number: 20090255329
    Abstract: A system for determining brake shoe effectiveness of a braking arrangement of a train during operation of the train including at least one brake database including braking data and at least one train database including train data. A control system is in communication with the at least one brake database and the at least one train database, and the control system dynamically determines brake shoe effectiveness data based upon the braking data and the train data, where the brake shoe effectiveness data includes the ability of the braking arrangement to retard the train to a specified level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: WABTEC HOLDING CORP.
    Inventors: Jason T. Connell, M. Frank Wilson