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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Richard H. Brown, Otis Orchards, WA (US);
John Z. Dorn, Erwinna, PA (US);
Jeffery G. Elliott, Danbury, CT (US);
Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jonathan M. Reason, Port Chester, NY (US);
Xianjin Zhu, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Richard H. Brown, Otis Orchards, WA (US);
John Z. Dorn, Erwinna, PA (US);
Jeffery G. Elliott, Danbury, CT (US);
Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jonathan M. Reason, Port Chester, NY (US);
Xianjin Zhu, Stony Brook, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A rail car sensor network, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes at least one rail car having a main body portion including a first and section, a second end section and an intermediate portion. The rail car network further includes a sensor assembly mounted to the rail car. The sensor assembly includes at least one sensor positioned to detect a rail car parameter, and a wireless communication device configured to transmit data corresponding to the rail car parameter. A receiver assembly, mounted remote from the at least one rail car, includes a wireless communication monitor configured to receive the data corresponding to the rail car parameter from the wireless communication device.