Patents by Inventor Kiron VIEGAS

Kiron VIEGAS 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).

  • Methods and systems for speed management within a transportation network
    Patent number: 9233669
    Abstract: A method includes operating a vehicle traveling in a transportation network with a throttle of the vehicle at a maximum throttle setting during a trip of the vehicle along a route from a first location to a different, second location. The method also includes applying a dynamic brake of the vehicle at a maximum brake setting of the dynamic brake, and alternating between operating the vehicle with the throttle at the maximum throttle setting and applying the dynamic brake of the vehicle at the maximum brake setting along a route being traveled by the vehicle from the first location to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Kiron Viegas
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPEED MANAGEMENT WITHIN A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140365096
    Abstract: A method includes operating a vehicle traveling in a transportation network with a throttle of the vehicle at a maximum throttle setting during a trip of the vehicle along a route from a first location to a different, second location. The method also includes applying a dynamic brake of the vehicle at a maximum brake setting of the dynamic brake, and alternating between operating the vehicle with the throttle at the maximum throttle setting and applying the dynamic brake of the vehicle at the maximum brake setting along a route being traveled by the vehicle from the first location to the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jared Klineman COOPER, Kiron VIEGAS