United States Patent 6,662,641, December 16, 2003
Patent title:
METHOD AND DEVICE TO MEASURE THE BRAKE FORCE FOR RAILROAD VEHICLES
The authors
Mr. Romel SCORTEANU from Montreal, CANADA
Mr. Alexandru POPISTAS from Montreal CANADA
Intellectual property
The Smart Shoe family products are:
* invented (Patent and Brand name) designed
* manufactured
* tested and calibrated
entirely by Romell Inc. professional team
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method to measure the brake force for railroad vehicles and it relates also to a portable device to measure the brake force for railroad vehicles according to the above-mentioned method. More specifically the present invention is related to a method to measure the brake force for railroad vehicles without replacing the brake shoe, brake pad or any other component of the braking system and to display the measured value directly in force units