System and method of establishing a communication link between lead and remote vehicles of a consist

US12195054B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Transportation IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jared Klineman Cooper · Melbourne, US
• Brian Joseph McManus · Melbourne, US
• Frank Wawrzyniak · Melbourne, US
• Ralph C. Haddock, III · Melbourne, US
• Robert James Foy · Melbourne, US
• James Glen Corry · Palm Bay, US
• Mark Bradshaw Kraeling · Melbourne, US
• Todd William Goodermuth · Melbourne, US
• Eugene Smith · Sharpsburg, US
• Steven Andrew Kellner · Melbourne, US
• Joseph Mario Nazareth · Melbourne, US
• Brian William Schroeck · Melbourne, US
• David Michael Peltz · Melbourne, US
• Jeffrey D. Kernwein · Cedar Rapids, US
• Daniel Rush · Palm Bay, US
• David Allen Eldredge · Melbourne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2022
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2043

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 a first control system having one or more processors onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a remote vehicle. The second control system automatically restricts movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The processors detect a signal instance of an operator actuating an input device, and communicate a vehicle information request message to the second control system. The second control system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers, that includes a vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle, to the processors. The processors communicate a wireless linking message, including a request to establish a communication link, to the remote vehicle based on the vehicle identifier associated with the remote vehicle.