Non-stop train with attaching and detaching train cars
OwnerMohd B. Malikinventor
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Abstract
A non-stop train system including a plurality of train cars in communication with one another and in communication with an electronic control module. The train system further includes a track having a plurality of drop off and pick up locations. A prepositioned train car is stopped on the track at one of the drop off and pick up locations. A non-stop express train approaches the drop off and pick up location on the track initiating the prepositioned train car to begin departure. The electronic control module is used to adjust the speed of the non-stop express train and the prepositioned train car based on a detected distance such that a front coupler of the non-stop express train couples to the rear coupler of the prepositioned train car while moving along the track.
Claims20
A non-stop train system comprising:
- a plurality of train cars each comprising:
- a braking system coupled to rail wheels;
- an operators cab comprising controllers;
- a front coupler and a rear coupler;
- a proximity sensor;
- and
- a wireless transmitter and receiver,
- an electronic control module communicatively coupled to the proximity sensor via the wireless transmitter and receiver and comprising a processor and a memory, and
- a track comprising a plurality of drop off and pick up locations, wherein
- at least one prepositioned train car of the plurality of train cars is stopped on the track at one of the plurality drop off and pick up locations,
- at least one non-stop express train car of the plurality of train cars approaches the one of the plurality drop off and pick up locations on the track initiating the at least one prepositioned train car to begin departure from the one of the plurality drop off and pick up locations,
- the sensors detect a distance and a relative speed between the at least one non-stop express train car and the at least one prepositioned train car, and
- the electronic control module adjusts the speed of the at least one non-stop express train car and the at least one prepositioned train car based on the detected distance such that the front coupler of the at least one non-stop express train car couples to the rear coupler of the at least one prepositioned train car while moving along the track.
A non-stop train system comprising:
- a plurality of train cars each comprising:
- a braking system coupled to rail wheels;
- an operators cab comprising controllers;
- a display disposed within the operator's cab;
- a front coupler and a rear coupler;
- a proximity sensor;
- and
- a wireless transmitter and receiver;
- an electronic control module communicatively coupled to the proximity sensor and the display via the wireless transmitter and receiver, and comprising a processor and a memory, and
- a track comprising a plurality of drop off and pick up locations, wherein
- at least one prepositioned train car of the plurality of train cars is stopped on the track at one of the plurality drop off and pick up locations,
- at least one non-stop express train car of the plurality of train cars approaches the one of the plurality drop off and pick up locations on the track initiating the at least one prepositioned train car to begin departure from the one of the plurality drop off and pick up locations,
- the sensors detect a distance and a relative speed between the at least one non-stop express train car and the at least one prepositioned train car, and
- the electronic control module processes inputs of the proximity sensors and outputs data comprising the distance and the relative speed between the at least one non-stop express train car and the at least one prepositioned train car on the display to facilitate the coupling of the front coupler of the at least one non-stop express train car to the rear coupler of the at least one prepositioned train car while moving along the track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.