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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:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2019
Applicants:

Bnsf Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Airflow Sciences Corporation, Livonia, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brian J. Dumont, Royal Oak, MI (US);

James Paul, Carmel, CA (US);

Matthew Fleming, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Paul Harris, Canton, MI (US);

Corey D. Wills, Berryton, KS (US);

Corey T. Pasta, Topeka, KS (US);

Paul K. Gabler, Lenexa, KS (US);

Dennis W. Morgart, Topeka, KS (US);

Assignee:

BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/14 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 5/14 (2013.01); B61L 15/009 (2013.01); B61L 15/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a controller, one or more signals from the one or more pressure transducers. The one or more pressure transducers are coupled to one or more pressure lines, the one or more pressure lines are coupled to one or more probes, and the one or more probes coupled to a vehicle. The method also includes converting, by the controller, the one or more signals to one or more digital signals. The method further includes calculating, by the controller, a wind velocity relative to the vehicle using the one or more digital signals.


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