Patents by Inventor Thomas McCabe

Thomas McCabe 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).

  • Railway braking apparatus
    Patent number: 5558410
    Abstract: Apparatus for indicating the condition of hand brakes on railway cars and for applying and releasing railway car parking or hand brakes automatically in response to predetermined conditions including movement of a train, wayside conditioning apparatus, wayside operating mechanism, a signal controlled by an operator and performance of predetermined railway operating procedures, such as completion of an air brake test procedure. The apparatus may respond to mechanical, electrical and electronic signals and may operate on pneumatic or electric power provided from the service air brake system of a train or from a source of power outside of such air brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
    Inventors: Wajih Kanjo, Eric Smith, Thomas J. Demoise, Michael Girotti, Thomas McCabe, Charles B. Fessler, Scott Natschke
  • Railway braking apparatus
    Patent number: 5558412
    Abstract: Apparatus for indicating the condition of hand brakes on railway cars and for applying and releasing railway car parking or hand brakes automatically in response to predetermined conditions including movement of a train, wayside conditioning apparatus, wayside operating mechanism, a signal controlled by an operator and performance of predetermined railway operating procedures, such as completion of an air brake test procedure. The apparatus may respond to mechanical, electrical and electronic signals and may operate on pneumatic or electric power provided from the service air brake system of a train or from a source of power outside of such air brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventors: Wajih Kanjo, Eric Smith, Thomas J. Demoise, Michael Girotti, Thomas McCabe, Charles B. Fessler, Scott Natschke
  • Railway braking apparatus
    Patent number: 5558411
    Abstract: Apparatus for indicating the condition of hand brakes on railway cars and for applying and releasing railway car parking or hand brakes automatically in response to predetermined conditions including movement of a train, wayside conditioning apparatus, wayside operating mechanism, a signal controlled by an operator and performance of predetermined railway operating procedures, such as completion of an air brake test procedure. The apparatus may respond to mechanical, electrical and electronic signals and may operate on pneumatic or electric power provided from the service air brake system of a train or from a source of power outside of such air brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventors: Wajih Kanjo, Eric Smith, Thomas J. Demoise, Michael Girotti, Thomas McCabe, Charles B. Fessler, Scott Natschke
  • Railway braking apparatus
    Patent number: 5549363
    Abstract: Apparatus for indicating the condition of hand brakes on railway cars and for applying and releasing railway car parking or hand brakes automatically in response to predetermined conditions including movement of a train, wayside conditioning apparatus, wayside operating mechanism, a signal controlled by an operator and performance of predetermined railway operating procedures, such as completion of an air brake test procedure. The apparatus may respond to mechanical, electrical and electronic signals and may operate on pneumatic or electric power provided from the service air brake system of a train or from a source of power outside of such air brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventors: Wajih Kanjo, Eric Smith, Thomas J. Demoise, Michael Girotti, Thomas McCabe, Charles B. Fessler, Scott Natschke