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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2014
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Carlos Sabino Paulino, Melbourne, FL (US);

Derek Kevin Woo, Melbourne, FL (US);

Robert Carmen Palanti, Melbourne, FL (US);

Ralph Caswell Haddock, III, Melbourne, FL (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/12 (2006.01); B61C 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/127 (2013.01); B61C 17/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for remotely controlling a vehicle system includes selectively identifying, among two or more consists in the vehicle system, a selected consist to remotely control. Each of the two or more consists including a propulsion-generating vehicle. The method also includes initiating remote control of the propulsion-generating vehicle in the selected consist and remotely controlling at least one of tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in the selected consist using a remote control device. The at least one of tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in the selected consist is controlled without remotely controlling tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in at least one other consist in the vehicle system.


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