341 patents
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Utility
Obstruction detection system
6 Jul 21
A control system may be provided that may include one or more processors.
James Lucas
Filed: 3 Jan 20
Utility
Vehicle Speed Management Systems and Methods
1 Jul 21
Methods and systems for managing a speed of a vehicle are provided.
Matthew Vrba, Jeffrey Kernwein
Filed: 27 Dec 19
Utility
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1 Jul 21
A system may be provided that may include an end of vehicle device, and an antenna coupled to an exterior of the end of vehicle device.
Robert Hoffman, Padam Swar, Tim Gibson
Filed: 30 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
Method and system may be configured to determine a stationary time period during which a vehicle has remained stationary.
Alexandre Rossmann, Amit Saxena, Keith Smith
Filed: 19 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A system includes a phase break input unit, one or more vehicle location detectors, and one or more processors.
Stuart Barr, Karen A. Shaw, Keith Smith
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A system and method determine that a vehicle system is beginning rearward movement based on one or more characteristics of the vehicle system that are monitored by a movement sensor.
Christopher Claussen, Joseph Gorman
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A vehicle monitoring system and method receive a selection of at least one vehicle-of-interest onboard a vehicle system moving along one or more routes in a transportation network.
Kevin Angel, Ann Grimm
Filed: 23 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A connector assembly includes a system connector having a system housing and a system bracket coupled with the system housing.
Jeffrey Alan Thomas, Richard James Zajkowski, Greg Badders, Neil Bradley, Jacob Pressmann
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A control system includes a controller configured to control communication between or among plural vehicle devices that control operation of a vehicle via a network that communicatively couples the vehicle devices.
Tab Robert Mong
Filed: 10 Mar 21
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A method and a communication system includes establishing a communication link between a first vehicle and an off-board database.
Jeffrey Donald Kernwein, Bryan Clay Burke, Stephen Howard Craven, James Hardy Moore, William Christopher Hall, Danial Rice
Filed: 18 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A vehicle control system and method includes identifying a segment of a route where one or more first vehicle systems were operated manually instead of operated by one or more processors according to one or more trip plans during prior traversals of the segment by the one or more first vehicle systems.
Dipankar Ghosh, James Glen Corry, William Cherrick Schoonmaker, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling
Filed: 18 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
A system and method for automatically communicating an identification signal from a vehicle controller of a vehicle that may include receiving trip data from a dispatch controller based on the identification signal that is communicated.
Andrew Staats, Stuart Barr, Keith Smith
Filed: 23 Dec 19
Utility
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24 Jun 21
Methods and systems for managing events in a vehicle network are provided.
James A. Oswald
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
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17 Jun 21
A communication system for a train having a lead locomotive power group and at least one remote locomotive power group, the system including: a lead locomotive computer in communication with a first and second lead communication device and programmed to: generate a command message; transmit or cause the transmission of the command message from the first lead communication device in a predetermined time slot; and transmit or cause the transmission of the command message from the second lead communication device in a different predetermined time slot; and at least one remote locomotive computer in communication with at least one remote communication device and programmed to directly or indirectly receive the command message from the first lead communication device and/or the second lead communication device.
Richard S. Klemanski, Carl L. Haas
Filed: 26 Feb 21
Utility
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15 Jun 21
A braking control system for a vehicle system includes a control chamber configured to control air pressure of a brake pipe of the vehicle system.
Gary Lee Bailey
Filed: 10 Jun 19
Utility
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10 Jun 21
The invention relates to a device for fastening a sliding element to a current collector or to a rocker mounted there, to draw electrical energy from an overhead contact line to an electrically driven vehicle.
Bastian GROTHE
Filed: 23 Apr 19
Utility
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10 Jun 21
A system includes one or more processors configured to track working hours of one or more members of a crew that operates a vehicle system.
Irwin C. Morris
Filed: 5 Dec 19
Utility
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10 Jun 21
A system and method include monitoring an operating condition of an electric machine that converts rotational movement into an output voltage that is conducted into a circuit coupled with the electric machine, controlling operation of the electric machine using pulse width modulation signals, and changing a magnitude of the output voltage that is conducted into the circuit from the electric machine as a result of the pulse width modulation signals.
Carl L. Haas, David Andrew Gloyd, Mark Uehling
Filed: 23 Oct 20
Utility
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8 Jun 21
An ECP overlay system for a UIC-type distributor valve includes a manifold body having a pipe bracket face configured to engage a face of a pipe bracket of a brake system, a valve face configured to engage a face of a UIC-type distributor valve of a brake system, and an electric manifold face.
Michael S. Plechey, Jeffrey B. Skweres
Filed: 30 Oct 18
Utility
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27 May 21
A weight profile determination system includes a sensor and a controller.
Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart J. Barr
Filed: 26 Nov 19