Patent ID: 8453976

Claim:
A detector for cold movement detection of a railway vehicle, comprising: a switching device comprising at least one holding section and at least one non-holding section, wherein the switching device is moveable between at least two device positions actuated by a mechanical coupling to the railway vehicle's movement; and at least two detection cells, each of the at least two detection cells comprising: an indicator item; a guide along which the indicator item is movable between a top item position and a bottom item position, wherein the guide is oriented basically parallel to gravity; an actuator configured to move the indicator item between the top and bottom item position; and a sensor configured to determine the position of the indicator item in the bottom item position; wherein the at least two detection cells are positioned below the switching device, wherein each indicator item is configured to overcome gravity and attract to the at least one holding section, and wherein each indicator item is configured to not overcome gravity and not attract to the at least one non-holding section.