Railway dark territory switch automation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9586603
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14514327

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The system provides a railroad switch for use in un-signaled (dark) territory. In particular, the system includes a plurality of audio messages maintained on a discrete audio board, where a DTMF signal is validated, initializes the control of a switch, and triggers an audio board to report a correspondence condition, where the output of the audio board is checked by a relay status.

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VOSSLOH SIGNALING USA INC2815 COLISEUM CENTRE DRIVE SUITE 450 CHARLOTTE NC 28217

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  • 2014 Application Filing Year
  • B61L Class
  • 197 Applications Filed
  • 172 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 87.31 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beaman, Donald Coy Thornton, US 12 44
Ruskauff, David Thornton, US 2 0

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