Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Train control system having remote configuration interface
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Application No.: US15047047Application Date: 2016-02-18
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Publication No.: US09796396B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Alexander Shubs, Jr. , James David Seaton , David Matthew Roenspies
- Applicant: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL LaGrange
- Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL LaGrange
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Main IPC: B61C17/12
- IPC: B61C17/12 ; B61L27/00 ; B61L23/00 ; B61G5/10 ; B61L3/12

Abstract:
A control system for remotely facilitating a lead change among a plurality of locomotives in a train is disclosed. The control system may include a user input device, a display device, a communicating device configured to exchange information with the plurality of locomotives, and a controller in electronic communication with the user input device, the display device, and the communicating device. The controller may be configured to generate on the display device a graphical user interface configured to receive a plurality of user inputs in conjunction with the user input device, wherein the plurality of user inputs includes an isolation switch selection, a distributed power selection, and a lead/trail selection. The controller may also be configured to generate configuration commands communicable to the plurality of locomotives via the communicating device based on the user inputs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170240187A1 TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING REMOTE CONFIGURATION INTERFACE Public/Granted day:2017-08-24
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