公开(公告)号：US09908543B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US15485697

申请日：2017-04-12

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Jared Klineman Cooper ,  Mark Bradshaw Kraeling ,  Eugene Smith ,  James Glen Corry ,  David Lowell McKay ,  Brian Joseph McManus ,  Keith Szewczyk ,  Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

IPC: B61L23/04 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L15/00 ,  B61L25/02

CPC classification number: B61L23/042 ,  B61K9/08 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L3/121 ,  B61L15/0018 ,  B61L15/0036 ,  B61L23/04 ,  B61L23/044 ,  B61L23/045 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L99/00 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  B61L2205/02 ,  B61L2205/04

Abstract: A sensing system includes a leading sensor, a trailing sensor, and a route examining unit. The leading sensor is onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle system that is traveling along a route. The leading sensor measures first characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The trailing sensor is disposed onboard a second vehicle of the vehicle system. The trailing sensor measures second characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The route examining unit is disposed onboard the vehicle system and receives the first characteristics of the route and the second characteristics of the route to compare the first characteristics with the second characteristics. The route examining unit also identifies a segment of the route as being damaged based on a comparison of the first characteristics with the second characteristics.

公开(公告)号：US09862392B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-09

申请号：US14881445

申请日：2015-10-13

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Scott Alan Schoenly ,  Steven Andrew Kellner ,  Robert James Foy ,  David Michael Peltz ,  Eugene Smith ,  James Glen Corry ,  Joseph Mario Nazareth ,  Brian William Schroeck

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D3/00 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  B61L15/00

CPC classification number: B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/006 ,  B61L15/0018 ,  B61L15/0072 ,  H04W72/0406

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US09205849B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US14152159

申请日：2014-01-10

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Jared Klineman Cooper ,  Mark Bradshaw Kraeling ,  Eugene Smith ,  James Glen Corry ,  David Lowell McKay ,  Brian Joseph McManus ,  Keith Szewczyk ,  Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

IPC: B61L23/04 ,  B61K9/08 ,  B61L3/12 ,  B61L15/00 ,  B61L25/02

CPC classification number: B61L23/042 ,  B61K9/08 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L3/121 ,  B61L15/0018 ,  B61L15/0036 ,  B61L23/04 ,  B61L23/044 ,  B61L23/045 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L99/00 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  B61L2205/02 ,  B61L2205/04

Abstract: A sensing system includes a leading sensor, a trailing sensor, and a route examining unit. The leading sensor is onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle system that is traveling along a route. The leading sensor measures first characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The trailing sensor is disposed onboard a second vehicle of the vehicle system. The trailing sensor measures second characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The route examining unit is disposed onboard the vehicle system and receives the first characteristics of the route and the second characteristics of the route to compare the first characteristics with the second characteristics. The route examining unit also identifies a segment of the route as being damaged based on a comparison of the first characteristics with the second characteristics.

Abstract translation: 感测系统包括前导传感器，尾部传感器和路线检查单元。 领先的传感器是沿着路线行进的车辆系统的第一车辆。 当车辆系统沿着路线移动时，领先的传感器测量路线的第一特征。 尾部传感器被布置在车辆系统的第二车辆上。 随着车辆系统沿着路线移动，拖尾传感器测量路线的第二特性。 路线检查单元设置在车辆系统上，并接收路线的第一特性和路线的第二特性，以将第一特征与第二特征进行比较。 路线检查单元还基于第一特征与第二特征的比较来将路线的段识别为损坏。