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US 2010/0213321 A1Published application
Method and systems for end of train force reporting
AssigneeQuantum Engineering, Inc.
InventorsMark Edward Kane, James Brady
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AssigneeQuantum Engineering, Inc.
InventorsMark Edward Kane, James Brady
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An EOT unit detects an excessive end of train force using an accelerometer and reports the excessive force. The report may be made to a device located off the train, to an event recorder in the EOT unit, and/or to another device located on the train such as a head of train unit and/or an event recorder located outside the EOT unit. The accelerometer may be a singe, dual, or tri-axial accelerometer. The message may be sent in response to the detection of the excessive acceleration or may be part of a periodically transmitted message from the EOT unit to a HOT unit. A HOT unit is configured to receive a message indicating an excessive EOT acceleration and display an indication of the excessive acceleration to the operator and/or record the message in an event recorder and/or report the excessive acceleration to a device located off the train.
An end of train unit suitable for use on a train, the end of train unit comprising:
An end of train unit comprising:
A head of train device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.