ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,133, issued on April 21, was assigned to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. (Wilmerding, Pa.).
"Vehicle control system" was invented by Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Wilmerding, Pa.) and Bret Dwayne Worden (Wilmerding, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system includes a controller comprising one or more processors. The controller is configured to determine a respective force exerted on a route segment by a first wheel of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and obtain a respective available adhesion value for the first wheel at an interface with the route segment. The controller is configured to determine a respect...