| 发明名称 | Tractive effort system and method | ||
| 摘要 | A system is provided for use with, a wheeled vehicle. The system includes a media reservoir capable of holding a tractive material that includes particulates; a nozzle in fluid communication with the media reservoir; and a media valve in fluid communication with the media reservoir and the nozzle. The media valve is controllable between a first state in which the tractive material flows through the media valve and to the nozzle, and a second state in which the tractive material is prevented from flowing to the nozzle. In the first state, the nozzle receives the tractive material from the media reservoir and directs the tractive material to a contact surface such that the tractive material impacts the contact surface that is spaced from a wheel/surface interface. The system can modify the adhesion or the traction capability of the contact surface with regard to a subsequently contacting wheel. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9308921(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.04.12 |
| 申请号 | US201113816036 | 申请日期 | 2011.07.05 |
| 申请人 | General Electric Company | 发明人 | Worden Bret Dwayne;Kumar Ajith Kuttannair;Malone Matthew John;Coyne Jennifer Lynn;Tambe Nikhil Subhashchandra;Garule Milind Bharat;Kumar Anubhav |
| 分类号 | B61C15/10 | 主分类号 | B61C15/10 |
| 代理机构 | GE Global Patent Operation | 代理人 | GE Global Patent Operation |
| 主权项 | 1. A system for use with a vehicle, comprising: a media reservoir capable of holding a tractive material that includes particulates; a nozzle in fluid communication with the media reservoir; and a media valve in fluid communication with the media reservoir and the nozzle, the media valve being controllable between a first state in which the tractive material flows through the media valve and to the nozzle, and a second state in which the tractive material is prevented from flowing to the nozzle, and in the first state the nozzle receives the tractive material from the media reservoir and directs the tractive material to a contact surface such that the tractive material impacts the contact surface that is spaced from a wheel/surface interface and to thereby modify the adhesion or the traction capability of the contact surface with regard to a subsequently contacting wheel; wherein the system is operable to propel the tractive material so as to impact the contact surface and thereby to modify the morphology of the contact surface sufficient for an increased tractive effort of the subsequently contacting wheel relative to before the morphology of the contact surface was modified. | ||
| 地址 | Schenectady NY US | ||