Patents by Inventor Robert Dennis Pascoe

Robert Dennis Pascoe 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 for adjusting braking parameters of a train to account for train characteristic parameter variations
    Patent number: 9108608
    Abstract: A method of adjusting one or more of braking parameters used in a braking function to control braking of a train includes determining an adjustment factor based on a joint stopping distance probability distribution, the joint stopping distance probability distribution representing the composite effect on stopping distance of a plurality of predetermined train characteristic parameters, each of the predetermined train characteristic parameters being variable, and applying the adjustment factor to each of the one or more of braking parameters. Also, a method of adjusting braking parameters that includes determining an adjustment factor based on a nominal value, a worst case limit value and a best case limit value of each of a plurality of predetermined train characteristic parameters, each of the predetermined train characteristic parameters being variable, and applying the adjustment factor to each of the one or more of braking parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Dale Cutright, Chinnarao Mokkapati, Robert Dennis Pascoe
  • Method for Adjusting Braking Parameters of a Train to Account for Train Characteristic Parameter Variations
    Publication number: 20120072088
    Abstract: A method of adjusting one or more of braking parameters used in a braking function to control braking of a train includes determining an adjustment factor based on a joint stopping distance probability distribution, the joint stopping distance probability distribution representing the composite effect on stopping distance of a plurality of predetermined train characteristic parameters, each of the predetermined train characteristic parameters being variable, and applying the adjustment factor to each of the one or more of braking parameters. Also, a method of adjusting braking parameters that includes determining an adjustment factor based on a nominal value, a worst case limit value and a best case limit value of each of a plurality of predetermined train characteristic parameters, each of the predetermined train characteristic parameters being variable, and applying the adjustment factor to each of the one or more of braking parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ANSALDO STS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Dale Cutright, Chinnarao Mokkapati, Robert Dennis Pascoe