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US 10,207,727 B2Granted
Systems and method for a vehicle network
AssigneeGe Global Sourcing LLC
InventorsMark Bradshaw Kraeling, Patricia Sue Lacy
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Abstract
A system is provided having a vehicle. The vehicle includes a chassis, and a first network bus extending from internally in the chassis to a first network port attached externally to the chassis at a first side of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a second network bus extending from internally in the chassis to a second network port attached externally to the first chassis at a second side of the vehicle. The first network bus has a first electrical configuration and the second network bus has a second electrical configuration that is different than the first electrical configuration.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- a first network bus configured to extend internally in a vehicle chassis to a first network port attached externally to the vehicle chassis at a first side of the vehicle chassis;
- and
- a second network bus configured to extend internally in the vehicle chassis to a second network port attached externally to the vehicle chassis at a second side of the vehicle chassis, wherein the first network bus has a first electrical configuration and the second network bus has a second electrical configuration that is different than the first electrical configuration, the first and second electrical configurations corresponding to respective arrangements of conductor pins at the first and second network ports;
- wherein:
- the first network bus is a first Ethernet bus and the first electrical configuration is an Ethernet crossover configuration;
- the second network bus is a second Ethernet bus and the second electrical configuration is an Ethernet straight-through configuration;
- and
- the first and second network ports are respective Ethernet ports.
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A method comprising:
- detecting an electrical configuration of a network bus of a second vehicle coupled to a first vehicle with a network circuit of a control subsystem of the first vehicle, wherein the network circuit is operably coupled to the network bus;
- determining an orientation of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle with the control subsystem based at least in part on the electrical configuration that is detected;
- and
- controlling, with the control subsystem, at least one of the first vehicle, the second vehicle, or a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and the second vehicle based at least in part on the orientation that is determined;
- wherein the electrical configuration corresponds to a straight-through configuration or a crossover configuration.
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A system comprising:
- a first vehicle that includes a first chassis and a first network bus extending from internally in the first chassis to a first network port attached externally to the first chassis, the first vehicle includes a second network bus extending from internally in the first chassis to a second network port attached externally to the first chassis, wherein the first network bus has a first electrical configuration and the second network bus has a second electrical configuration that is different than the first electrical configuration;
- and
- a second vehicle that includes a second chassis and a third network bus extending from internally in the second chassis to a third network port attached externally to the second chassis, the second vehicle includes a fourth network bus extending from internally in the second chassis to a fourth network port attached externally to the second chassis, wherein the third network bus has the first electrical configuration and the fourth network bus has the second electrical configuration, wherein the first and third network ports are associated with a corresponding first orientation of the first and second vehicles and the second and fourth network ports are associated with a different, corresponding second orientation of the first and second vehicles;
- wherein:
- the first, second, third, and fourth network buses are respective Ethernet buses;
- the first, second, third, and fourth network ports are respective Ethernet ports;
- the first electrical configuration is an Ethernet crossover configuration;
- and the second electrical configuration is an Ethernet straight-through configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.