Patents by Inventor STEPHEN DON SMITH

STEPHEN DON 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).

  • Method and system for using location information in conjunction with recorded operating information for a railroad train
    Patent number: 9114816
    Abstract: A method for recording operating information of a railroad train (10) comprising a lead locomotive (14), a remote locomotive (12A), and a trailing locomotive (15). The method comprises recording the operating information of at least one of the railroad train (10) and/or a distributed power communications system onboard the railroad train (10), determining a location of the lead locomotive (14), and including the location in a record of the operating information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Smith, Brian McManus, Stephen Don Smith, Gary W. Mason, Daniel Rush, Derek K. Woo
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING LOCATION INFORMATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH RECORDED OPERATING INFORMATION FOR A RAILROAD TRAIN
    Publication number: 20100204856
    Abstract: A method for recording operating information of a railroad train (10) comprising a lead locomotive (14), a remote locomotive (12A), and a trailing locomotive (15). The method comprises recording the operating information of at least one of the railroad train (10) and/or a distributed power communications system onboard the railroad train (10), determining a location of the lead locomotive (14), and including the location in a record of the operating information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: MARK E. SMITH, BRIAN McMANUS, STEPHEN DON SMITH, GARY W. MASON, DANIEL RUSH, DEREK K. WOO