Mobile Railway Asset Monitoring Apparatus and Methods
AssigneeAmsted Rail Company, Inc.
InventorTodd Snyder
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Abstract
In one aspect, a mobile railway asset monitoring apparatus is provided that includes a sensor configured to produce a signal indicative of a rotation of a wheelset of a mobile railway asset. The apparatus further includes a processor to receive data corresponding to a ground speed of the mobile railway asset. The processor is operably coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to estimate a running dimension of the wheelset based at least in part on the rotation of the wheelset and the ground speed of the mobile railway asset. The processor is configured to determine at least one parameter of the mobile railway asset based at least in part on the running dimension of the wheelset.
Claims60
A mobile railway asset monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a sensor to gather data associated with a vibration of a mobile railway asset;
- a processor operably coupled to the sensor, the processor configured to calculate a position of at least a portion of the mobile railway asset relative to the sensor based at least in part on the data;
- and
- the processor configured to determine at least one parameter of the mobile railway asset based at least in part on the data from the sensor.
A method of monitoring a mobile railway asset, the method comprising:
- gathering, via a sensor of a bogie of the mobile railway asset, data associated with a vibration of a mobile railway asset;
- calculating a position of at least a portion of the mobile railway asset relative to the sensor based at least in part on the data;
- and
- determining at least one parameter of the mobile railway asset based at least in part on the data from the sensor.
A mobile railway asset monitoring apparatus to be mounted at an opening of an end of a bolster of a bogie of a mobile railway asset intermediate upper and lower portions of the bolster end, the upper and lower portions of the bolster end movable relative to each other with loading and unloading of the bolster, the mobile railway monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect relative movement of the upper and lower portions of the bolster end;
- communication circuitry;
- a processor operably coupled to the sensor and the communication circuitry, the processor configured to determine at least one parameter of the mobile railway asset based at least in part on the relative movement of the upper and lower portions of the bolster end;
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- the processor configured to cause the communication circuitry to communicate the at least one parameter to a remote device.
A method of monitoring a mobile railway asset, the method comprising:
- detecting relative movement of upper and lower portions of an end of a bolster of a bogie of the mobile railway asset, the upper and lower portions of the bolster end on opposite sides of an opening of the bolster end;
- determining at least one parameter of the mobile railway asset based at least in part on the relative movement of the upper and lower portions of the bolster end;
- and
- communicating the at least one parameter to a remote device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.