Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle communication system
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Application No.: US16423537Application Date: 2019-05-28
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Publication No.: US11332167B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Jared Klineman Cooper , Brian Joseph McManus , Frank Wawrzyniak , Ralph C. Haddock, III , Robert James Foy , James Glen Corry , Mark Bradshaw Kraeling , Todd William Goodermuth , Eugene Smith , Steven Andrew Kellner , Joseph Mario Nazareth , Brian William Schroeck , David Michael Peltz , Jeffrey Donald Kernwein , Daniel J. Rush , David Allen Eldredge
- Applicant: GE Global Sourcing LLC
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Global Sourcing LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Mary D. Lawlor
- Main IPC: B61C17/12
- IPC: B61C17/12 ; B60L15/32 ; B60L15/34 ; B60T13/66 ; B60L15/38 ; B60L15/00 ; B60T17/22 ; B60T7/18 ; B60T8/17

Abstract:
A system includes one or more processors, a communication device, and a positive train control (PTC) system. The one or more processors and communication device are onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a first remote vehicle. The PTC system is configured to restrict movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The PTC system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers to the one or more processors. The communication device communicates a wireless linking message, which includes a vehicle identifier associated with the first remote vehicle, to the first remote vehicle. The communication device establishes a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The one or more processors remotely control movement of the first remote vehicle via the communication link.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190276055A1 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-09-12
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