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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Eugene A. Smith, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Mark Wayne Wheeler, Palm Beach, FL (US);
James Glen Corry, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert Palanti, Melbourne, FL (US);
Rabi Ratnesar, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eugene A. Smith, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Mark Wayne Wheeler, Palm Beach, FL (US);
James Glen Corry, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert Palanti, Melbourne, FL (US);
Rabi Ratnesar, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A brake control system for a distributed power vehicle system includes a brake system and a distributed power control system in a first vehicle, and first and second separate communication links between the brake system and the distributed power control system. In operation, upon the initiation of a penalty brake application, the brake system transmits information about the brake level of the penalty brake application to the distributed power control system, over at least the first communication link. However, if the first communication link fails, the brake system redundantly transmits the information about the level of the penalty brake application to the distributed power control system over the second communication link. The information is transmitted from the distributed power control system in the first vehicle to remote vehicles for carrying out the penalty brake application.