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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., Lagrange, IL;
Inventors:
Tom Otsubo, Oak Grove, MO (US);
Dennis John Melas, Chicago, IL (US);
Gregory Raymond Kupiec, Lemont, IL (US);
Mark Alan Fanara, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B61C 17/12 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 17/12 (2013.01); B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); B61C 3/00 (2013.01); B61L 2201/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a communication method for use with a train consist having a locomotive and a tender car. The communication method may include transmitting between the locomotive and the tender car operational data captured by network components located onboard at least one of the locomotive and the tender car. The method may further include selectively adjusting an operation of at least one of the locomotive and the tender car based on the data.