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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian Joseph McManus, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Frank Wawrzyniak, Melbourne, FL (US);
Ralph C. Haddock, III, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert James Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
James Glen Corry, Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Todd William Goodermuth, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eugene Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);
Steven Andrew Kellner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Joseph Mario Nazareth, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian William Schroeck, Melbourne, FL (US);
David Michael Peltz, Melbourne, FL (US);
GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A communication system and method for communicatively linking vehicles in a vehicle consist determine a vehicle identifier for a first remote vehicle included in a vehicle consist formed from a lead vehicle and at least the first remote vehicle. The system and method communicate a wireless linking message addressed to the vehicle identifier from the lead vehicle to the first remote vehicle, and establish 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 communication link is established such that movement of the first remote vehicle is remotely controlled from the lead vehicle via the communication link. The communication link is established without an operator entering the first remote vehicle.