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Patent No.:

US 9669811 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2015

System and method for asynchronously controlling brakes of vehicles in a vehicle system

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

James D. Brooks, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Gabriel de Albuquerque Gleizer, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

Lucas Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:

Nitin N. Joshi

Primary Examiner:

Russell Frejd

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 8/171 (2006.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B61C 17/12 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 15/38 (2006.01); B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/1705 (2013.01); B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60L 15/38 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B61C 17/12 (2013.01); B61L 3/006 (2013.01); B61L 3/008 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B61L 27/0027 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60L 2240/642 (2013.01); B60L 2240/645 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); B60L 2270/12 (2013.01); B61L 15/0027 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7283 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 30/10 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A planning system and method determine handling parameters of one or more of a route or a vehicle system at different locations along a length of the vehicle system having plural vehicles traveling together along the route. The system and method also determine asynchronous brake settings for two or more of the vehicles in the vehicle system based on the handling parameters that are determined. Brakes of the two or more vehicles are controlled according to the asynchronous brake settings.

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