Railway switches and signals – Cab signal or train control – Train defect
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-31
2011-10-25
Morano, IV, Joe (Department: 3617)
Railway switches and signals
Cab signal or train control
Train defect
C049S094000, C105S341000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042773
ABSTRACT:
A method for deactivating a defective door of a train. The method steps include: providing a first door and a first controller; providing a second door and a second controller; providing a separate remote, central activation device configured to transmit an activation signal; determining that a fault has occurred at the second door; and deactivating the second door by an activation signal transmitted from the remote, central activation device via the first controller. A deactivation apparatus for deactivating a defective door of a train, the deactivating apparatus including: a first train door, a first controller, and a first locking device; a second train door, a second controller, and a second locking device, wherein the second train door is a defective train door; a separate, central control center connected to the first and second train doors and configured to provide and transmit an activation instruction, wherein the defective train door is deactivated by the activation instruction via the first locking device of the non-defective door.
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Bramauer Johann
Reder Karl
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Knorr-Bremse Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
Morano, IV Joe
Smith Jason C
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