| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Cutout systems and methods | US14923994 | 2015-10-27 | US09925994B2 | 2018-03-27 | Remo Ferrari; Torsten Pannier; James R. Krietemeyer |
| Systems and methods for controlling a train may override wayside interface units (WIUs) and/or override wayside devices. An example control system may comprise a transceiver configured to receive a status from a WIU and an on board unit (OBU) coupled to the transceiver. The OBU may be configured to override the command from the WIU and ignore a status from another wayside device associated with the WIU. The OBU may enforce all positive train control commands other than commands from sources associated with the overridden WIU. | ||||||
| 142 | System and method for communicating in a vehicle consist | US14514633 | 2014-10-15 | US09925992B2 | 2018-03-27 | Jared Klineman Cooper; Eugene Smith |
| Systems and methods for communicating in a vehicle consist wirelessly communicate (using communication assemblies disposed onboard a vehicle consist) a movement control data message via a first wireless communication path between a lead vehicle and a remote vehicle of the vehicle consist. The vehicle consist includes the lead vehicle and the remote vehicle operably coupled with each other to travel along a route. A non-movement control data message also is wirelessly communicated, but via a different, second wireless communication path between the lead vehicle and the remote vehicle. The movement control data message is communicated to remotely control operation of the remote vehicle from the lead vehicle. The non-movement control data message is communicated to remotely report a status of a component onboard the remote vehicle. | ||||||
| 143 | ROUTE EXAMINING SYSTEM | US15717207 | 2017-09-27 | US20180015937A1 | 2018-01-18 | Derek Kevin Woo; Alexander Sotelo; Chris Schuchmann; Timothy Brown; Brian Staton |
| A system includes a route examining system on a non-propulsion-generating vehicle at a trailing end of a leading vehicle system. The route examining system examines a route on which the leading vehicle system is moving to determine whether the route is damaged. The system also includes an off-board failsafe controller that communicates with the route examining system. The off-board failsafe controller sends a warning signal to the trailing vehicle system responsive to receiving a notification signal from the route examining system indicating detection of damage to the route. The off-board failsafe controller also sends the warning signal to the trailing vehicle system responsive to losing communication with the route examining system. The warning signal directs the trailing vehicle system to automatically change movement of the trailing vehicle system responsive to the detection of damage to the route and/or the off-board failsafe controller losing communication with the route examining system. | ||||||
| 144 | Communication system and method of a vehicle consist | US14881445 | 2015-10-13 | US09862392B2 | 2018-01-09 | Scott Alan Schoenly; Steven Andrew Kellner; Robert James Foy; David Michael Peltz; Eugene Smith; James Glen Corry; Joseph Mario Nazareth; Brian William Schroeck |
| A communication system and method receive, at an energy management system disposed onboard a vehicle system formed from a lead vehicle and one or more remote vehicles, trip data that represents one or more characteristics of an upcoming trip of the vehicle system along a route. A selected portion of the trip data is communicated from the energy management system to a distributed power system also disposed onboard the vehicle system. The selected portion includes identifying information and one or more orientations of the one or more remote vehicles. Using the distributed power system, communication links between the lead vehicle and the one or more remote vehicles are established using the identifying information and the one or more orientations. | ||||||
| 145 | Method & apparatus for a train control system | US15731443 | 2017-06-10 | US20170334473A1 | 2017-11-23 | Nabil N. Ghaly |
| A method and an apparatus for a train control system are disclosed, and are based on virtualization of train control logic and the use of cloud computing resources. A train control system is configured into two main parts. The first part includes physical elements of the train control system, and the second part includes a virtual train control system that provides the computing resources for the required train control application platforms. The disclosed architecture can be used with various train control technologies, including communications based train control, cab-signaling and fixed block, wayside signal technology. Further, the disclosure describes methodologies to convert cab-signaling and manual operations into distance to go operation. | ||||||
| 146 | Method and device for outputting an acoustic warning signal of a rail vehicle and warning system for a rail vehicle | US14740884 | 2015-06-16 | US09815485B2 | 2017-11-14 | Toni Scheschko; Holger Niemann; Henning Voelz; Florian Feile |
| A method for outputting a trigger signal for an acoustic warning signal of a rail vehicle, includes reading in a piece of signal information detected by an image sensor of the rail vehicle, comparing the piece of signal information to at least one stored piece of reference signal information to classify the piece of signal information as a warning sign requiring an output of an acoustic warning signal, and providing a trigger signal to an output unit of the rail vehicle for outputting an acoustic warning signal. | ||||||
| 147 | Method and apparatus for a train control system | US14544708 | 2015-02-07 | US09718487B2 | 2017-08-01 | Nabil N. Ghaly |
| A method and an apparatus for a train control system are disclosed, and are based on virtualization of train control logic and the use of cloud computing resources. A train control system is configured into two main parts. The first part includes physical elements of the train control system, and the second part includes a virtual train control system that provides the computing resources for the required train control application platforms. The disclosed architecture can be used with various train control technologies, including communications based train control, cab-signaling and fixed block, wayside signal technology. Further, the disclosure describes methodologies to convert cab-signaling and manual operations into distance to go operation. | ||||||
| 148 | Machine asset management system having user interface | US14887250 | 2015-10-19 | US09694834B2 | 2017-07-04 | Alexander Shubs, Jr.; David Roenspies; James D. Seaton |
| An asset management system for a machine is disclosed. The asset management system may include a sensor associated with an asset of the machine and configured to generate a signal indicative of an operational status of a system associated with the asset. The asset management system may further include a user interface associated with the machine and a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller may be configured to display on the user interface a graphical representation of the asset, receive via the user interface a user selection of the system from a plurality of systems associated with the asset, and display on the graphical representation of the asset a visual indicator of the system in response to the user selection. The visual indicator of the system may indicative of the operational status of the system. | ||||||
| 149 | Ride through control system having user interface | US14881825 | 2015-10-13 | US09682717B2 | 2017-06-20 | Alexander Shubs, Jr.; Curtis Montgomery; James David Seaton |
| A ride through control system for a machine is disclosed. The ride through control system may include a sensor associated with an asset of the machine and configured to generate a signal indicative of an operating parameter of the asset. The ride through control system may also include a user interface associated with the machine and a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller may be configured to display on the user interface a plurality of selectable ride through control levels, each being associated with a respective operating parameter threshold, receive via the user interface a user selection of one of the plurality of ride through control levels, and automatically generate a machine control signal based on the signal generated by the sensor and the respective operating parameter threshold associated with the user selection. | ||||||
| 150 | Locomotive-To-Wayside Device Communication System and Method and Wayside Device Therefor | US15252418 | 2016-08-31 | US20160368514A1 | 2016-12-22 | Jeffrey D. Kernwein |
| A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed. | ||||||
| 151 | Locomotive-to-wayside device communication system and method and wayside device therefor | US14294689 | 2014-06-03 | US09469317B2 | 2016-10-18 | Jeffrey D. Kernwein |
| A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed. | ||||||
| 152 | Virtual Omnimover | US15057994 | 2016-03-01 | US20160176421A1 | 2016-06-23 | Steven Morris King; Henry William Long |
| A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles. | ||||||
| 153 | System and method for monitoring railcar performance | US13842427 | 2013-03-15 | US09365223B2 | 2016-06-14 | Andrew H. Martin; William D. LeFebvre; Brent M. Wilson |
| A system for monitoring operation of a railcar having one or more sensing units, mounted on the railcar, for monitoring operating parameters and or conditions of the railcar, and a communication management unit, in wireless communication with the sensing units, wherein the system can make a determination of an alarm condition based on data collected the sensing units. A temperature sensor device for use in such a system is also provided. | ||||||
| 154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A VEHICLE CONSIST | US14514633 | 2014-10-15 | US20160107661A1 | 2016-04-21 | Jared Klineman Cooper; Eugene Smith |
| Systems and methods for communicating in a vehicle consist wirelessly communicate (using communication assemblies disposed onboard a vehicle consist) a movement control data message via a first wireless communication path between a lead vehicle and a remote vehicle of the vehicle consist. The vehicle consist includes the lead vehicle and the remote vehicle operably coupled with each other to travel along a route. A non-movement control data message also is wirelessly communicated, but via a different, second wireless communication path between the lead vehicle and the remote vehicle. The movement control data message is communicated to remotely control operation of the remote vehicle from the lead vehicle. The non-movement control data message is communicated to remotely report a status of a component onboard the remote vehicle. | ||||||
| 155 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | US14499351 | 2014-09-29 | US20160090112A1 | 2016-03-31 | Eugene Smith; Steven Andrew Kellner; Robert Carmen Palanti; Jay Milton Evans; Kristopher Ryan Smith; Frank Wawrzyniak; Thomas Cyr; Thomas Woodbridge; David Allen Eldredge; William Cherrick Schoonmaker; Jared Klineman Cooper; David Kirchner |
| A system and method for controlling a vehicle system control movement of the vehicle system along a route. The vehicle system includes one or more propulsion-generating vehicles. A propulsion-generating helper vehicle is temporarily added to the vehicle system such that the helper vehicle increases one or more of an amount of tractive force or an amount of braking effort generated by the vehicle system. The helper vehicle may be added during movement of the vehicle system. The system and method may add the helper vehicle without de-linking the propulsion-generating vehicles in the vehicle system from each other. The system and method optionally may control movement of the propulsion-generating vehicles and the helper vehicle according to a trip plan that designates operational settings as a function of at least one of time or distance along the route. | ||||||
| 156 | Virtual omnimover | US14677737 | 2015-04-02 | US09296400B2 | 2016-03-29 | Steven Morris King; Henry William Long |
| A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles. | ||||||
| 157 | Optimal Control Of Air Compressors In A Locomotive Consist | US14488355 | 2014-09-17 | US20160075346A1 | 2016-03-17 | Eric C. Wright |
| A system for controlling locomotive compressors in a multiple locomotive consist to optimize compressor life, cold weather operation, and maintenance schedules. Each compressor is associated with a controller than can communicate via an interface to a network with the corresponding controllers of the other compressors that are also interfaced to the network. A lead compressor controller may then issue commands to the other compressor controller to more efficiently restore pressure to the system, to implement improved usage schedules, or to manage maintenance intervals to maximize usage of each compressor during periodic maintenance intervals. | ||||||
| 158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING DATA WITH VEHICLES | US14525252 | 2014-10-28 | US20160031459A1 | 2016-02-04 | Brian Terence MURREN; Daniel Keith PAGANO; Samuel William GOLDEN; Brian SMITH; Jared Klineman COOPER |
| A method includes defining a pre-load zone that has reliable communication along a route. The pre-load zone is associated with a trip of a vehicle traveling along the route. A starting location of the trip is located outside of the pre-load zone. The vehicle is configured to enter the pre-load zone and exit the pre-load zone prior to reaching the starting location of the trip. The method includes receiving a trip request message that identifies the pre-load zone from the vehicle after the vehicle enters the pre-load zone and prior to the vehicle exiting the pre-load zone. The method also includes sending a trip response message to the vehicle that the vehicle receives prior to exiting the pre-load zone. The trip response message includes trip data specific to the trip that is selected based on the association between the pre-load zone and the trip. | ||||||
| 159 | System and method for decoupling a vehicle system | US14326534 | 2014-07-09 | US09227639B1 | 2016-01-05 | Robert Francis Bryant; Jared Klineman Cooper; Frank Wawrzyniak; Tara Lauren Wawrzyniak |
| A system and method for separating a vehicle system into separate vehicle segments, separately moving the vehicle segments, and re-connecting the vehicle segments without initiation of a brake penalty application are provided. The system and method communicate a suspend command signal between vehicle segments to suspend operations of vehicles in a cooperative mode. The vehicles in the vehicle system are decoupled into plural separate vehicle segments. The system and method also move one or more of the vehicle segments separately from one or more other vehicle segments. The vehicle segments are reconnected to form the vehicle system, and the system and method communicate a reconnect command signal between the vehicle segments to resume operations in the cooperative mode, without incurring a penalty brake application of the vehicle system. | ||||||
| 160 | Communications system and method for a rail vehicle | US13945993 | 2013-07-19 | US09221477B2 | 2015-12-29 | Jared Klineman Cooper; John William Brand; Nick David Nagrodsky; Keith Gilbertson |
| A rail vehicle includes of one or more locomotives and may further include one or more rail cars, and the rail vehicle further includes a locator element, a communications device and a control module located on the rail vehicle. The locator elements provide a location information of the rail vehicle to a control module. The control module is coupled to the communications device and the locator element. The control module determines control settings for controlling the operations of the communications device based on the location of the rail vehicle. The communications device sends and/or receives data, including communications data, off-board the rail vehicle. | ||||||
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