System and method for determining vehicle orientation in a vehicle consist

US11358615B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE Global Sourcing LLC · US

Inventors

• Eugene Smith · Sharpsburg, US
• Mark Bradshaw Kraeling · Melbourne, US
• Michael Scott Miner · Melbourne, US
• Shannon Joseph Clouse · Lawrence Park, US
• Anwarul Azam · Lawrence Park, US
• Matthew Lawrence Blair · Lawrence Park, US
• Nidhi Naithani · Bengaluru, IN
• Dattaraj Jagdish Rao · Bengaluru, IN
• Anju Bind · Bengaluru, IN
• Sreyashi Dey Chaki · Bengaluru, IN
• Scott Daniel Nelson · Melbourne, US
• Nikhil Uday Naphade · Bengaluru, IN
• Wing Yeung Chung · Erie, US
• Daniel Ballesty · Wattsburg, US
• Glenn Robert Shaffer · Erie, US
• Jeffrey James Kisak · Erie, US
• Dale Martin DiDomenico · Melbourne, US
• Shawn Arthur McClintic · Fairview, US
• David Michael Peltz · Melbourne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/16
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.