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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Andrew Ryan Staats, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Stuart J. Barr, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A weight profile determination system may be provided that includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor may be disposed along a route and configured to generate a plurality of force measurements of a vehicle system moving on the route relative to the sensor. The force measurements may be obtained at different times and correspond to different locations along a length of the vehicle system. The controller may determine a weight profile for the vehicle system based on the force measurements generated by the sensor. The weight profile can represent a distribution of weight along the length of the vehicle system. The controller may communicate the weight profile to one or more of the vehicle system or an offboard device for controlling movement of the vehicle system based on the weight profile.