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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Progress Rail Locomotive Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Shubs, Jr., Chicago, IL (US);

David M Roenspies, Elburn, IL (US);

Assignee:

Progress Rail Locomotive Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/02 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 27/0077 (2013.01); B61L 27/0094 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); B61L 2205/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A notification system is presented for use within a mobile machine. The notification system may have a route upon which the mobile machine may travel. This may be a train traveling on a track. A geo-fence may also be part of the notification system. The geo-fence may enclose at least a portion of the route through with the mobile machine may travel. The notification system may also include a status notification. The status notification may relate to the operational health of the mobile machine or a subsystem of the mobile machine. The status notification may be generated by the notification system when the mobile machine enters the geo-fence and received by a user.


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