Drive control system and mobile unit including the drive control system

• Main Authors: MOTONARI SUZUKI, KEIKO TERAMURA, TSUTOMU MIYAUCHI, MASATAKA AYATA, TAKESHI SHINOMIYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.09.2015
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENTS OR DISPOSITIONS OF BRAKES OR OTHER RETARDINGAPPARATUS IN RAIL VEHICLES; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; BRAKES OR OTHER RETARDING APPARATUS PECULIAR TO RAILVEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; RAILWAYS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A drive control system includes a energy storage unit 103 that stores power in a mobile unit, e.g. a railroad car, a drive unit 104 that drives the mobile unit in response to power supply from at least one of a power generator (102, fig 1), a catenary 1602 and the energy storage unit 103. An energy...