Inventors:
Grant Welch - Goldsbozo NC, US
Gary Graham - Lewisville NC, US
International Classification:
G08B 17/00, G06F 15/00, G01K 13/06, B60M 1/22, G01N 25/00
US Classification:
340584, 191 41, 374 45, 702130, 702150
Abstract:
A safety monitoring system for a catenary system that includes an overhead wire, a support pole and a counterweight attached to the end of the overhead wire and suspended by the support pole. The catenary safety monitoring system includes a temperature sensor for detecting an ambient temperature, a position sensor for detecting a position of the counterweight and an electronic controller. The electronic controller compares a detected position of the counterweight with a predicted position determined by the electronic controller using an ambient temperature from the temperature sensor. A message transmitter provides a warning to a user if the detected position of the counterweight is not within a predetermined percentage of the predicted position.