公开(公告)号：US09481384B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-01

申请号：US14527246

申请日：2014-10-29

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Joseph Forrest Noffsinger ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov ,  Jeffrey Michael Fries ,  Steven Joseph Ehret

IPC: B61L3/10 ,  B61L23/04

CPC classification number: B61L23/044 ,  B61L3/10

Abstract: A route examining system includes first and second application devices, a control unit, first and second detection units, and an identification unit. The first and second application devices are disposed onboard a vehicle traveling along a route having conductive tracks. The control unit controls injection of a first examination signal into the conductive tracks via the first application device and injection of a second examination signal into the conductive tracks via the second application device. The first and second detection units monitor electrical characteristics of the route in response to the first and second examination signals being injected into the conductive tracks. The identification unit examines the electrical characteristics of the conductive tracks in order to determine whether a section of the route is potentially damaged based on the electrical characteristics.

Abstract translation: 路线检查系统包括第一和第二应用设备，控制单元，第一和第二检测单元以及识别单元。 第一和第二施加装置被布置在沿着具有导电轨道的路线行进的车辆上。 控制单元经由第一施加装置控制将第一检查信号注入导电轨迹，并经由第二施加装置将第二检查信号注入到导电轨道中。 第一和第二检测单元响应于将第一和第二检查信号注入导电轨迹来监视路线的电特性。 识别单元检查导电轨迹的电特性，以便基于电特性确定路线的一部分是否潜在地被损坏。

公开(公告)号：US09352748B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-31

申请号：US14683605

申请日：2015-04-10

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Henry Todd Young ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Bret Dwayne Worden ,  Bertrand Bastien ,  Timothy Warren Brown

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  B60W30/14 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05B19/042 ,  B60W30/18 ,  B60W30/188

CPC classification number: B60W30/143 ,  B60W30/18 ,  B60W30/188 ,  B60W2510/0638 ,  B60W2510/0657 ,  B60W2520/10 ,  B60W2550/12 ,  B60W2550/14 ,  B60W2710/0644 ,  B60W2710/0666 ,  G05B13/024 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/2616

Abstract: A system to optimize performance of a powered system, the system including a data device configured to provide current information about current operating conditions of the powered system and/or prior information about the powered system, a controller configured to control operation of the powered system, and a processor configured to provide at least one control command to the controller for use in operating the powered system and/or user information with at least one recommended command to a user to control the powered system, wherein the at least one control command and/or user information are based at least in part on the current information and/or the prior information. A system and computer software code, stored on a computer readable media and executable with a processor, are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20160082990A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-24

申请号：US14961430

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Wolfgang Daum

IPC: B61L15/00 ,  B61C17/12

CPC classification number: B61L15/0081 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L27/0094 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  Y02T10/7258 ,  Y02T30/10

Abstract: A control system including a measurement module configured to receive motor measurements that represent operating parameters of plural traction motors of a common vehicle system as the vehicle system propels along a route. The control system also includes an analysis module configured to compare the motor measurements to an expected measurement. The expected measurement corresponds to a designated motor type. The analysis module is configured to determine that at least one of the traction motors is different from the designated motor type based on comparing the motor measurements to the expected measurement.

公开(公告)号：US20160009304A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-14

申请号：US14863998

申请日：2015-09-24

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  David Eldredge ,  Daniel Ballesty ,  Jared Klineman Cooper ,  Christopher Roney ,  Paul Houpt ,  Stephen Mathe ,  Paul Julich ,  Jeffrey Kisak ,  Glenn Shaffer ,  Scott Nelson ,  Wolfgang Daum

IPC: B61L27/00

CPC classification number: B61L27/0027 ,  B61L27/0077 ,  B61L2205/04

Abstract: A system includes a first controller, a data acquisition device, a friction modification unit, and a friction management controller. The first controller is configured to obtain an operational setting for a vehicle, and to output a first signal relating to the operational setting for controlling the vehicle. The data acquisition device is configured to obtain operational data of the vehicle as the vehicle travels, and to provide the operational data to the first controller. The first controller is configured to obtain a difference between the operational data and the operational setting, and to adjust the first signal based on the difference. The friction modification unit is configured to modify a friction characteristic of a surface of the route. The friction management controller is configured to direct the friction modification unit to modify the friction characteristic of the surface of the route based on the operational setting.

Abstract translation: 系统包括第一控制器，数据采集装置，摩擦修正单元和摩擦管理控制器。 第一控制器被配置为获得车辆的操作设置，并且输出与用于控制车辆的操作设置相关的第一信号。 数据采集​​装置被配置为当车辆行驶时获得车辆的操作数据，并将操作数据提供给第一控制器。 第一控制器被配置为获得操作数据和操作设置之间的差异，并且基于差异来调整第一信号。 所述摩擦修正单元构造成改变所述路线的表面的摩擦特性。 摩擦管理控制器被配置为基于操作设置引导摩擦修改单元来修改路线表面的摩擦特性。

公开(公告)号：US20150367872A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-24

申请号：US14841209

申请日：2015-08-31

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov ,  Brett Alexander Matthews ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Jeffrey Michael Fries ,  Joseph Forrest Noffsinger ,  Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha ,  Tannous Frangieh ,  Frederick Wilson Wheeler ,  Brian Lee Staton ,  Timothy Robert Brown ,  Gregory Boverman ,  Majid Nayeri

IPC: B61L23/04 ,  B61L3/18

CPC classification number: B61L23/044 ,  B61L3/18

Abstract: Systems and methods for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, apply a filter to the one or more electrical characteristics, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.

Abstract translation: 用于检查路线的系统和方法将一个或多个电检查信号从沿着路线行进的车辆系统上的导电路线注入，基于一个或多个电检查信号检测路线的一个或多个电特性，应用滤波器 响应所述一个或多个电气特性，在指定的下降时间段内的一段时间内减小超过指定的下降阈值，检测所述路线的电导率中断。 可以针对电特性确定特征向量，并与一个或多个图案进行比较，以区分路线的导电性的断裂和电特性变化的其它原因。

公开(公告)号：US09156477B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-13

申请号：US14095373

申请日：2013-12-03

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Jared Klineman Cooper ,  Mark Bradshaw Kraeling ,  David Allen Eldredge ,  James Brooks ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/00 ,  B61L15/00 ,  B61L27/00

CPC classification number: B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/006 ,  B61L15/0027 ,  B61L15/0036 ,  B61L27/0027 ,  Y02T30/10

Abstract: A control system includes an energy management system and an isolation control system. The energy management system generates a trip plan that designates operational settings of a vehicle system having powered units that generate tractive effort to propel the vehicle system. The energy management system determines a tractive effort capability of the vehicle system and a demanded tractive effort of a trip. The energy management system identifies a tractive effort difference between the tractive effort capability of the vehicle system and the demanded tractive effort of the trip and selects at least one of the powered units based on the tractive effort difference. The isolation module remotely turns the selected powered unit to an OFF mode such that the vehicle system is propelled along the route during the trip by the powered units other than the selected powered unit.

Abstract translation: 控制系统包括能量管理系统和隔离控制系统。 能量管理系统产生行程计划，其指定具有动力单元的车辆系统的操作设置，该动力单元产生用于推动车辆系统的牵引力。 能量管理系统确定车辆系统的牵引力能力和行程所需的牵引力。 能量管理系统识别车辆系统的牵引力能力和行驶的所需牵引力之间的牵引力差异，并基于牵引力差异选择至少一个动力单元。 隔离模块远程地将所选择的动力单元转换到关闭模式，使得车辆系统在跳闸期间沿除了所选动力单元之外的动力单元沿着路线被推进。

公开(公告)号：US09151232B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-06

申请号：US13965712

申请日：2013-08-13

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Wolfgang Daum

IPC: B61C1/00 ,  B61L3/00 ,  F02D19/06 ,  F02D41/02 ,  F02D41/00 ,  F02D29/06 ,  F02D41/14 ,  B61L15/00

CPC classification number: F02D19/0639 ,  B60L2200/26 ,  B61L3/006 ,  B61L15/0036 ,  B61L15/0081 ,  F02D29/06 ,  F02D41/0025 ,  F02D41/021 ,  F02D2041/1417 ,  F02D2200/604 ,  F02D2200/701

Abstract: A system is provided for controlling a powered unit having an engine configured to operate using a plurality of fuel types each in a corresponding fuel tank. The system includes a controller operable to transmit a first set of control signals including a first set of valve signals to the each fuel tank based at least in part on a first stored engine operating profile to control amounts of fuel from each fuel tank to the engine. The controller can transmit a second set of control signals including a second set of valve signals to each fuel tank based at least in part on a second stored engine operating profile to control amounts of fuel from each fuel tank to the engine. Further, the controller can switch, by transmitting either the first set of control signals or the second set of control signals, between a first operating condition associated with a first external domain and a second condition associated with a second external domain. The first operating condition is associated with the first stored engine operating profile, and the second operating condition is associated with the second stored engine operating profile.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于控制动力单元的系统，其具有被配置为使用各自在相应的燃料箱中的多种燃料类型进行操作的发动机。 该系统包括控制器，其可操作以至少部分地基于第一存储的发动机操作轮廓来将包括第一组阀信号的第一组控制信号传送到每个燃料箱，以控制从每个燃料箱到发动机的燃料量 。 控制器可以至少部分地基于第二存储的发动机操作轮廓来将包括第二组阀信号的第二组控制信号传送到每个燃料箱，以控制从每个燃料箱到发动机的燃料量。 此外，控制器可以通过在与第一外部域相关联的第一操作条件和与第二外部域相关联的第二条件之间传送第一组控制信号或第二组控制信号来切换。 第一操作条件与第一存储的发动机操作简档相关联，并且第二操作条件与第二存储的发动机操作简档相关联。

公开(公告)号：US20150191183A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-09

申请号：US14150798

申请日：2014-01-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Wolfgang Daum ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

IPC: B61L15/00 ,  B61C17/12

CPC classification number: B61L15/0081 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L27/0094 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  Y02T10/7258 ,  Y02T30/10

Abstract: A control system including a measurement module configured to receive motor measurements that represent operating parameters of plural traction motors of a common vehicle system as the vehicle system propels along a route. The control system also includes an analysis module configured to compare the motor measurements to an expected measurement. The expected measurement corresponds to a designated motor type. The analysis module is configured to determine that at least one of the traction motors is different from the designated motor type based on comparing the motor measurements to the expected measurement.

Abstract translation: 一种控制系统，包括测量模块，所述测量模块被配置为接收电机测量值，所述测量值表示车辆系统沿着路线推进的公共车辆系统的多个牵引电动机的操作参数。 控制系统还包括分析模块，其被配置为将电动机测量值与期望的测量值进行比较。 预期测量对应于指定的电机类型。 分析模块被配置为基于将电动机测量与预期测量值进行比较来确定至少一个牵引电动机与指定的电动机类型不同。

公开(公告)号：US20150179003A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-25

申请号：US14639665

申请日：2015-03-05

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Jared Klineman Cooper ,  John Charles Hounschell, II ,  Nick David Nagrodsky ,  Aaron Mitti ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  David Michael Peltz ,  Brian Lawry ,  Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/08

CPC classification number: G07C5/008 ,  B60L3/10 ,  B60L3/12 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L23/042 ,  B61L25/02 ,  E01C23/01 ,  G07C5/0841

Abstract: A method and system for determining rail defects. The method and system receive route performance measurements from a vehicle system traveling along a route and normalize the route performance measurements based on one or more characteristics of the vehicle system. The method and a system also determine a defect for a segment of the route based at least in part on the normalized route performance measurements with respect to a threshold bandwidth corresponding to the segment. The method and system also examine velocity differences in a vehicle speed of a vehicle and the angular speed of the axles and/or wheels of the vehicle system traveling along a route to determine if the route is damaged and/or to identify the location of the potentially damaged section of the route. The differences may represent wheel creeps of the vehicle system.

Abstract translation: 一种确定铁路缺陷的方法和系统。 该方法和系统从沿着路线行进的车辆系统接收路线性能测量，并且基于车辆系统的一个或多个特征来规范路线性能测量。 所述方法和系统还至少部分地基于对应于所述段的阈值带宽的归一化路由性能测量来确定所述路由的段的缺陷。 该方法和系统还检测车辆的车辆速度差和沿着路线行进的车辆系统的车轴和/或车轮的角速度，以确定路线是否损坏和/或识别车辆的位置 潜在损坏路段的部分。 差异可能表示车辆系统的轮胎爬行。

公开(公告)号：US20150033864A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US13955364

申请日：2013-07-31

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Joseph Forrest Noffsinger ,  Edward J. Nieters

IPC: G01N29/265

CPC classification number: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/14 ,  G01N29/4454 ,  G01N2291/2632

Abstract: A method for acoustically examining a route includes sensing passively excited residual sounds of a vehicle system during travel over a route, examining the passively excited residual sounds to identify one or more changes of interest in the passively excited residual sounds, and identifying a section of the route as being damaged responsive to the one or more changes of interest in the passively excited residual sounds that are identified.

Abstract translation: 用于声学检查路线的方法包括：在路线行驶期间感测车辆系统的被动激励的残留声音，检查被动激励的残留声音以识别被动激励的残留声音中的一个或多个兴趣变化，以及识别 路线响应于所识别的被动激发的残留声音中的一个或多个兴趣变化而被损坏。