Back to results
US 2024/0278818 A1Published application
Electric rail vehicle
AssigneeParallel Systems, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler, Brian Ignaut
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A Rail Drone can include: a payload interface, a drivetrain, and a rail platform 515. The Rail Drone can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The Rail Drone can integrate a standardized payload interface and an autonomous electric road vehicle platform into a rolling stock architecture. The Rail Drone can be a stand-alone, payload-agnostic, motive element which can be independently or cooperatively capable of carrying heavy loads across long distances at various cruising speeds.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- controlling a platoon to traverse along a track, the platoon comprising a plurality of rail cars, each rail car of the plurality comprising a brake system, wherein the brake systems are physically decoupled between adjacent rail cars of the plurality and are independently actuatable;
- at a first rail car of the platoon, determining a brake command;
- in response to determining the brake command, executing a coordinated deceleration of the platoon, comprising:
- controlling brake actuation of the brake system of the first rail car;
- based on the brake command, relaying echoes of the brake command through a set of rail cars of the platoon;
- and
- separately controlling the brake system of each rail car of the set based on the relayed echoes of the brake command.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.