US 11,952,021 B2
Systems and methods for railway equipment control
William Michael Hamilton, Linwood, KS (US); Ryan Jay Koci, Stiller, KS (US); and Justin Wynne Tomac, Bonner Springs, KS (US)
Assigned to MOW Equipment Solutions, Inc., Linwood, KS (US)
Filed by MOW Equipment Solutions, Inc., Linwood, KS (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/115,886.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,220, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0171072 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. B61K 9/08 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC B61K 9/08 (2013.01) [B61L 23/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to facilitate monitoring and control of a railway maintenance assembly, the system comprising:
a railway workhead component monitor adapted to be disposed at a railway maintenance assembly, the railway workhead component monitor configured to perform:
monitoring one or more conditions of at least a portion of the railway maintenance assembly, wherein the monitoring comprises:
identifying a distance of the railway maintenance assembly from one or more other assemblies or a reference point along a railway; and
based at least in part on the distance and a threshold specified for a particular duration, identifying a maintenance action to be performed within a time boundary or a relocation action to be performed to relocate the railway maintenance assembly;
based at least in part on the monitoring, storing monitoring data corresponding to operations of the railway maintenance assembly;
generating reporting data based at least in part on the stored monitoring data; and
communicating a wireless communication to a railway device controller that is remote from the railway maintenance assembly, the wireless communication comprising the reporting data.