公开(公告)号：US10689016B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15717207

申请日：2017-09-27

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： Derek Kevin Woo ,  Alexander Sotelo ,  Chris Schuchmann ,  Timothy Brown ,  Brian Staton

IPC分类号： B61L23/04 ,  B61L27/00 ,  B61L27/04 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L15/00 ,  B61L3/10 ,  B61L3/00 ,  B61L25/02

摘要： A system includes a route examining system on a non-propulsion-generating vehicle at a trailing end of a leading vehicle system. The route examining system examines a route on which the leading vehicle system is moving to determine whether the route is damaged. The system also includes an off-board failsafe controller that communicates with the route examining system. The off-board failsafe controller sends a warning signal to the trailing vehicle system responsive to receiving a notification signal from the route examining system indicating detection of damage to the route. The off-board failsafe controller also sends the warning signal to the trailing vehicle system responsive to losing communication with the route examining system. The warning signal directs the trailing vehicle system to automatically change movement of the trailing vehicle system responsive to the detection of damage to the route and/or the off-board failsafe controller losing communication with the route examining system.

公开(公告)号：US20180015937A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15717207

申请日：2017-09-27

申请人： General Electric Company

发明人： Derek Kevin Woo ,  Alexander Sotelo ,  Chris Schuchmann ,  Timothy Brown ,  Brian Staton

IPC分类号： B61L23/04 ,  B61L15/00 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L27/00 ,  B61L27/04

摘要： A system includes a route examining system on a non-propulsion-generating vehicle at a trailing end of a leading vehicle system. The route examining system examines a route on which the leading vehicle system is moving to determine whether the route is damaged. The system also includes an off-board failsafe controller that communicates with the route examining system. The off-board failsafe controller sends a warning signal to the trailing vehicle system responsive to receiving a notification signal from the route examining system indicating detection of damage to the route. The off-board failsafe controller also sends the warning signal to the trailing vehicle system responsive to losing communication with the route examining system. The warning signal directs the trailing vehicle system to automatically change movement of the trailing vehicle system responsive to the detection of damage to the route and/or the off-board failsafe controller losing communication with the route examining system.