Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for asynchronously controlling a vehicle system
- Patent Title (中): 用于异步控制车辆系统的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13729298Application Date: 2012-12-28
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Publication No.: US08838302B2Publication Date: 2014-09-16
- Inventor: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar , Brian Nedward Meyer , Ramu Sharat Chandra , James D. Brooks , Dan Dai
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent John A. Kramer
- Main IPC: B61L3/00
- IPC: B61L3/00 ; G06F17/10 ; G06F17/00 ; B61L3/16 ; B61L3/02 ; B61C17/12

Abstract:
A method includes identifying power outputs to be provided by propulsion-generating vehicles of a vehicle system for different locations along a route and calculating handling parameters of the vehicle system at the locations along the route. The handling parameters are representative of at least one of coupler forces, coupler energies, relative vehicle velocities, or natural forces exerted on the vehicle system. The method also includes determining asynchronous operational settings for the propulsion-generating vehicles at the locations. The asynchronous operational settings represent different operational settings that cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to provide at least the power outputs at the locations while changing the handling parameters of the vehicle system to designated values at the locations. The method further includes communicating the asynchronous operational settings to the propulsion-generating vehicles in order to cause the propulsion-generating vehicles to implement the asynchronous operational settings at the different locations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140188375A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY CONTROLLING A VEHICLE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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