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(11) EP 3 055 183 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
17.08.2016 Bulletin 2016/33

(21) Application number: 13895180.1

(22) Date of filing: 10.10.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B61L 25/02(2006.01)
B60T 7/12(2006.01)
B61L 3/08(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2013/064312
(87) International publication number:
WO 2015/053777 (16.04.2015 Gazette 2015/15)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(71) Applicant: New York Air Brake LLC
Watertown, NY 13601 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • TIPPEY, Jeffrey S.
    Arlington, Texas 76001 (US)
  • ADAMS, Sean
    Elk Grove, California 95758 (US)
  • JEE, Sung-Ho
    Leeming, Western Australia 6149 (AU)
  • HAUSLER, Graham
    Woodlands, Western Australia 6018 (AU)
  • GOFORTH, Wade
    Carrollton, Texas 75007 (US)

(74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner 
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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