Monitoring system for axles of a vehicle
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorJanmejay Tripathy
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Abstract
A monitoring system is provided that may include a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic related to at least one axle of a first vehicle. The monitoring system may also include a controller having one or more processors in communication with the sensor. The one or more processors may be configured to restrict movement of the first vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one vehicle axle, and vary movement of a second vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one vehicle axle.
Claims20
A monitoring system comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic related to at least one axle of a first vehicle of a vehicle system;
- and
- a controller having one or more processors in communication with the sensor configured to:
- restrict movement of the first vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one axle of the first vehicle,
- communicate at least one remedial action to an operator of the first vehicle based on the at least one characteristic related to the at least one axle of the first vehicle,
- communicate the at least one characteristic of at least the first axle of the first vehicle to an off-board controller at a remote location,
- reduce a first torque to the first axle of the first vehicle and increase a second torque to a second axle of a second vehicle of the vehicle system based at least in part on the at least once characteristic of at least the first axle communicated, such that the vehicle system does not vary in speed.
A method comprising:
- sensing, with a sensor, at least one characteristic related to at least a first axle of a first vehicle of a vehicle system;
- communicating the at least one characteristic of at least the first axle of the first vehicle to an on-board controller;
- communicating a remedial action to an operator of the first vehicle based on the at least one characteristic related to the at first axle of the first vehicle;
- restricting movement of the first vehicle based at least in part on the at least one characteristic of at least the first axle of the first vehicle;
- communicating the at least one characteristic of at least the first axle of the first vehicle to an off-board controller at a remote location;
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- determining, with the off-board controller, to reduce a first torque to the first axle of the first vehicle and increase a second torque to a second axle of a second vehicle of the vehicle system based at least in part on the at least once characteristic of at least the first axle communicated, such that the vehicle system does not vary in speed.
A monitoring system comprising:
- an on-board controller of a first vehicle of a vehicle system having one or more processors in communication with an off-board hot box detector and configured to:
- receive a detected temperature related to at least one axle of the first vehicle of the vehicle system from the off-board hot box detector;
- and
- communicate a remedial action to an operator based on the detected temperature related to the at least one axle of the first vehicle,
- wherein the remedial action includes reducing a first torque to the at least one axle of the first vehicle of the vehicle system and increasing a second torque to a second axle of a second vehicle of the vehicle system, such that the vehicle system does not vary in speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.