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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2015
Electro-motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Benjamin Arthur Raeder, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Dennis Melas, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel E. Bechtlofft, Lemont, IL (US);
Wayne Allen Rudolph, Lemont, IL (US);
Mark Alan Fanara, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Andrew Joseph Shakal, Bloomer, WI (US);
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Abstract
A rail vehicle consist may include a master unit and at least one trailing unit coupled to the master unit. The master unit may include a first processor in communication with a second processor of the at least one trailing unit. A power source may be disposed on the at least one trailing unit and may include a sensor associated with the second processor. A display may be disposed on the master unit and may be associated with the first processor to display characteristics monitored by the sensor wherein the display presents a message image, a warning image, and an isolate image.