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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Progress Rail Services Corporation, Albertville, AL (US);
Stephen Harold Humphrey, Pleasant Hill, MO (US);
Marc David Miller, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Todd Charles Goergen, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Progress Rail Services Corporation, Albertville, AL (US);
Abstract
An expansion module is disclosed for use in a communication network. The expansion module may include a housing, an input interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with at least one analog device, and an output interface connected to the housing and configured to externally connect with the communication network. The expansion module may also include at least one processor located in the housing and configured to receive analog signals from the input interface, to convert the analog signals to digital signals, and to direct the digital signals to the output interface. The expansion module may also include at least one sensor located in the housing and configured to generate digital signals indicative of a performance parameter associated with a fluid in communication with the housing.