Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for determining vehicle orientation in a vehicle consist
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Application No.: US16411788Application Date: 2019-05-14
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Publication No.: US11358615B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Eugene Smith , Mark Bradshaw Kraeling , Michael Scott Miner , Shannon Joseph Clouse , Anwarul Azam , Matthew Lawrence Blair , Nidhi Naithani , Dattaraj Jagdish Rao , Anju Bind , Sreyashi Dey Chaki , Scott Daniel Nelson , Nikhil Uday Naphade , Wing Yeung Chung , Daniel Malachi Ballesty , Glenn Robert Shaffer , Jeffrey James Kisak , Dale Martin DiDomenico , Shawn Arthur McClintic , David Peltz
- 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
Abstract:
A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190263430A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE ORIENTATION IN A VEHICLE CONSIST Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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