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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Scott Alan Schoenly, West Melbourne, FL (US);

Patricia Sue Lacy, Erie, PA (US);

Matthew Ensley, Springfield, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B61C 17/12 (2006.01); B61H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/1705 (2013.01); B60T 17/228 (2013.01); B61C 17/12 (2013.01); B61H 9/04 (2013.01); B60T 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system include a vehicle control system including a multi-vehicle system. The system includes a controller. The controller determines a slack condition of a multi-vehicle system while the multi-vehicle system is parked. The controller determines the slack condition based on one or more sensor signals received from at least one sensor, the controller configured to control movement of the multi-vehicle system based on the slack condition that is determined while transitioning from being parked to forward motion.


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