General Electric Company

Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

Ge Global Sourcing LLC

Martin Marietta Corporation

Progress Rail Services Corporation

Wolfgang Daum

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

Glenn Robert Shaffer

Jared Klineman Cooper

Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling

John Erik Hershey

John Steven Holmes

Steven Andrew Kellner

Herbert S Cole

Todd William Goodermuth

Robert J Wojnarowski

Eugene Andrew Smith

David Michael Peltz

Paul Kenneth Houpt

Robert Marten Bultman

Tom Otsubo

Kenneth Brakeley Welles

Robert James Foy

John William Brand

Daniel Arthur Staver

Paul M Julich

Rollie Richard Herzog

Daniel Malachi Ballesty

Steven James Gray

Brian Douglas Lawry

Theresa Ann Sitnik-Nieters

Ertugrul Berkcan

Brian William Schroeck

William Hull Bicknell

Scott Daniel Nelson

Jeffrey James Kisak

Glen Paul Peltonen

Mark Robert Mathews

David Lowell McKay

Scott Charles Evans

Raymond Albert Fillion

Ralph Thomas Hoctor

Daniel David Harrison

Glen William Brooksby

Charles S Korman

Mitchell Scott Wills

Eric J Wildi

Emily Yixie Shu

Michael Gdula

Scott William Dulmage

Bret Dwayne Worden

Roy James Primus

David Michael Davenport

Eric Richard Dillen

David Allen Eldredge

Robert J Dunki-Jacobs

Constantine A Neugebauer

Vishram Vinayak Nandedkar

Jeffery Allan Lovett

Waseem A Roshen

Kyle Craig Stott

Gerald Hess, Jr

Robert Dean King

Henry Todd Young

Jerome Johnson Tiemann

Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr

Stanton Earl Weaver, Jr

Charles Dominic Iacovangelo

John Eric Tkaczyk

Lionel M Levinson

Evren Eryurek

Sethu K Madhavan

Jeffrey John Wolff

Lembit Salasoo

Dale M Brown

John Kenneth Hooker

William Andrew Hennessy

Pierino Gianni Bonanni

Paul Lloyd Flynn

Bernard Gorowitz

Martin Mitchell Zentner

William Thomas Hatfield

Timothy Warren Brown

Richard E Hornung

Dattaraj Jagdish Rao

James Glen Corry

Brock Estel Osborn

Ziqiang Hu

Nidhi Naithani

David Dean Elmore

Elihu Calvin Jerabek

Wing Yeung Chung

David A Bates

Rajeev R Verma

Brian Lee Staton

Paul Connolly

Anju Bind

Sreyashi Dey Chaki

Daniel Joseph Rush

Benjamin Paul Church

Frank Richard Wawrzyniak

Ronald Frank Kolc

Mark Heimerdinger

Vinaykanth Venkatasubba Mudiam

A vehicle communication system includes a wireless communication device and a controller that controls operation of the wireless communication device. The controller directs the wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode. The wireless communication device communicates a remote data signal with an off-board location while the wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode and the wireless communication device communicates a local data signal between vehicles of the vehicle system while the wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode.

Vehicle data communication system

A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.

Vehicle communication system, control system and method

System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.

Vehicle control system and method

A method includes receiving, at a data hub onboard an asset, a new configuration file, a service program, and a software update of a software application of the asset from a remote location. The data hub includes a current configuration file that indicates a current configuration state of the software application. The new configuration file indicates an updated configuration state of the software application with the software update. The service program includes work instructions for applying the updated configuration state to the software application. The method includes displaying the current configuration file and the new configuration file onboard the asset using the data hub. The method also includes updating the software application with the updated configuration state according to the work instructions of the service program using the data hub.

Method and system for vehicle software management

A vehicle control system controls operation of motors of a vehicle and determines whether there is sufficient stored electric energy to power the vehicle through an unpowered segment of a route. The controller changes operation of the vehicle to ensure that the vehicle can travel completely through the unpowered segment by switching which energy storage device provides energy, changing vehicle speed, changing motor torque, changing which route is traveled on, selecting fewer motors to power the vehicle, requesting rendezvous with a recharging vehicle, running the energy storage devices in a degraded mode, initiating a motor to generate power to aid in propulsion and/or recharge the energy storage devices, selecting a different route, controlling the vehicle to draft or mechanically couple to another vehicle, and/or controlling the vehicle to gain momentum or to generate an overcharge.

A locomotive communication system includes a wireless communication device and a controller that controls operation of the wireless communication device. The controller directs the wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and operating in an onboard communication mode. The wireless communication device communicates a remote data signal with an off-board location while the wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode and the wireless communication device communicates a local data signal between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system while the wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode.

A system and method for examining a route and/or vehicle system obtain a route parameter and/or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system are separated from each other by location and/or time. The route parameter and/or the vehicle parameter are examined to determine whether the route and/or the vehicle system is damaged and, responsive to determining that the route and/or the vehicle is damaged, the route and/or the vehicle system are continually monitored, such as by examination equipment onboard the vehicle system.

Vehicle communication systems and control systems

A communication system includes a first wireless communication device disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other. The communication system also includes a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle system and operatively connected with the first wireless communication device in order to control operations of the device. The controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and an onboard communication mode. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode, the device is configured to receive remote data signals from a location that is disposed off-board of the vehicle system. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode, the device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system.

Methods and systems for data communications

A body coil support structure includes an elongate support member. The elongate support member defines an opening and an examination axis passing through the opening along a length of the elongate support member. The opening is configured to accept an object to be imaged. The elongate support member has a target shape for use during operation of the MRI system, with the elongate support member configured to be subjected to an operational load during operation. In a design state, the elongate support member defines a design shape, with the elongate support member not subjected to the operational load in the design state. In an installed state after installation in the MRI system, the elongate support member defines an operational shape. The elongate support member is subjected to the operational load in the installed state. The operational shape is closer to the target shape than is the design shape.

Systems and methods for MRI body coil support structures

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.

System and method for vehicle control

A mission planner system for a powered system, the mission planner system including a receiving device to collect aspect information as the powered system performs a mission, said aspect information being received from a remote location, a processor to determine a speed limit based at least in part on the aspect information, and a control system connected to the powered system to operate the powered system in response to the speed limit. A method and a computer software code for determining the mission plan with aspect information obtained from a remote location during the mission are also disclosed.

System, method and computer software code for determining a mission plan for a powered system using signal aspect information

A system and method control a powered system having an engine configured to operate using a plurality of fuel types. A first set of control signals including a first set of valve signals are communicated to each fuel tank based at least in part on a first stored engine operating profile to control amounts of fuel provided from each fuel tank to the engine. A different, second set of control signals including a second set of valve signals are communicated to the fuel tanks based at least in part on a second stored engine operating profile to control or change the amounts of fuel from each fuel tank to the engine. The system and method can switch between operating conditions associated with different external domains to alter the engine operating profile used to control the fuel or fuels supplied to the engine.

Control system and method

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