Global Patent Index - EP 2555959 A1

EP 2555959 A1 20130213 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TRAIN LENGTH OF A PLURALITY OF COUPLED RAILWAY TRACTION VEHICLES

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TRAIN LENGTH OF A PLURALITY OF COUPLED RAILWAY TRACTION VEHICLES

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER ZUGLÄNGE MEHRERER GEKUPPELTER TRIEBFAHRZEUGE

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR DÉTERMINER LA LONGUEUR DE TRAIN DE PLUSIEURS AUTOMOTRICES ATTELÉES

Publication

EP 2555959 A1 20130213 (DE)

Application

EP 11712537 A 20110331

Priority

  • DE 102010014333 A 20100407
  • EP 2011054995 W 20110331

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2011124519A1] The invention relates to a method and device for determining the train length of a plurality of coupled railway traction vehicles (1a, 1b, 1c), each comprising a vehicle device (2a, 2b, 2c) having an ID specific to the railway traction vehicle. In order to enable the determination of the train length of arbitrarily long train sets in a secure signaling manner using simple means, according to the invention, the vehicle devices (2a, 2b, 2c) determine whether the railway traction vehicle (1a, 1b, 1c) is coupled on one side or both sides by evaluating the coupling contacts, and the IDs of all coupled railway traction vehicle(1a, 1b, 1c) or ID pairs indicating the adjoining relationships of railway traction vehicles (1a/1b, 1b/1c) directly coupled to one another are successively transmitted to a particular vehicle device (2a, 2b, 2c) by means of digital I/O connections (5a, 5b, 6a, 6b) between the vehicle devices (2a, 2b, 2c), said device determining the train length as a function of the received IDs or ID pairs.

IPC 8 full level

B61L 25/04 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B61L 15/0036 (2013.01 - EP US); B61L 25/028 (2013.01 - EP US); B61L 25/04 (2013.01 - US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2011124519A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102010014333 A1 20111013; CN 102939233 A 20130220; CN 102939233 B 20150624; DK 2555959 T3 20141006; EP 2555959 A1 20130213; EP 2555959 B1 20140806; ES 2497840 T3 20140923; US 2013206487 A1 20130815; US 9254854 B2 20160209; WO 2011124519 A1 20111013

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102010014333 A 20100407; CN 201180027784 A 20110331; DK 11712537 T 20110331; EP 11712537 A 20110331; EP 2011054995 W 20110331; ES 11712537 T 20110331; US 201113640076 A 20110331