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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
David L. Armitage, Golden, CO (US);
Gregory Froim Kushnir, Denver, CO (US);
Mark Alvin Mason, Thornton, CO (US);
Theodore Cutler Johnson, Jr., Frisco, CO (US);
David L. Armitage, Golden, CO (US);
Gregory Froim Kushnir, Denver, CO (US);
Mark Alvin Mason, Thornton, CO (US);
Theodore Cutler Johnson, Jr., Frisco, CO (US);
Cartasite, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
What is disclosed is a mobile railway car monitoring system. The mobile railway car monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car, and a control node coupled to the railway car. Each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node. The control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system.