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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Inventors:
Warren Douglas Burnett, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Mark Alan Fanara, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B61C 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 17/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining order of locomotives in a locomotive consist is provided. Specifically, in a system wherein locomotives in a locomotive consist each include network interfaces having unique identifying criteria, such as IP addresses, the location of each locomotive relative to the lead locomotive may be accurately and automatically determined.