Autonomous scouting rail vehicle
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United States of America Patent
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Oct 11, 2022
Grant Date -
Aug 22, 2019
app pub date -
Feb 19, 2019
filing date -
Feb 19, 2018
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Abstract
Various embodiments of an autonomous rail vehicle that can travel ahead of a locomotive at a distance proportional to the locomotive's stopping capability are disclosed. The rail vehicle may scan its surroundings, gauges track conditions, and communicates with locomotive operators of the scanned results in real-time to timely enable activation of the locomotive's emergency brakes in case of detection of off-normal track conditions. The rail vehicle may paired with the locomotive and provides eyes to locomotive operators so that they can have information on tracks viability well ahead of the locomotive.
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- 2019 Application Filing Year
- B61K Class
- 63 Applications Filed
- 44 Patents Issued To-Date
- 69.85 % Issued To-Date
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- B61K Class
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