Patents by Inventor KRISTOPHER SMITH

KRISTOPHER SMITH 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).

  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ISOLATING POWERED UNITS IN A RAIL VEHICLE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110060486
    Abstract: A control system for a rail vehicle system including a lead powered unit and a remote powered unit is provided. The system includes a user interface, a master isolation module and a slave controller. The user interface is disposed in the lead powered unit and is configured to receive an isolation command to turn on or off the remote powered unit. The master isolation module is configured to receive the isolation command from the user interface and to communicate an instruction based on the isolation command. The slave controller is configured to receive the instruction from the master isolation module. The slave controller causes the remote powered unit to supply tractive force to propel the rail vehicle system when the instruction directs the slave controller to turn on the remote powered unit. The slave controller causes the remote powered unit to withhold the tractive force when the instruction directs the slave controller to turn off the remote powered unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MIKHAIL MELTSER, TIMOTHY MEDEMA, JOHN BRAND, JARED KLINEMAN COOPER, TODD GOODERMUTH, DAVID ALLEN ELDREDGE, ROBERT FOY, CHRISTOPHER MCNALLY, JOSEPH FORREST NOFFSINGER, DAVID MCKAY, PATRICIA LACY, KRISTOPHER SMITH