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US 2014/0151512 A1Published application
System and method for inspection of wayside rail equipment
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJARED KLINEMAN COOPER, NICHOLAS DAVID NAGRODSKY, JOSEPH FORREST NOFFSINGER
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Abstract
An inspection system for use with a rail vehicle includes a sensor configured to be deployed onboard the rail vehicle for inspection of wayside rail equipment to determine operability or alignment of the equipment.
Claims16
An inspection system, comprising:
- a first sensor system configured to be operably disposed onboard a rail vehicle;
- wherein the first sensor system comprises a sensor that is configured to generate sensor signals indicative of wayside rail equipment inspected by the sensor, and a control module configured to be operably coupled to the sensor and operative to determine at least one of operability or alignment of the wayside rail equipment based on the sensor signals received from the sensor.
An inspection system, comprising:
- a reflector configured be affixed to wayside rail equipment;
- wherein the reflector is configured, when affixed to the wayside rail equipment, to be detected by a sensor mounted to a rail vehicle, and is configured to allow the rail vehicle to inspect the wayside rail equipment to assess at least one of alignment or operability of the wayside rail equipment.
An inspection system, comprising:
- wayside rail equipment having a cowl with a primary light opening and a sensor aperture;
- wherein the sensor aperture emits light for detection by a sensor mounted to a rail vehicle to allow the rail vehicle to assess at least one of alignment or operability of the wayside rail equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.