Route monitoring system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10252735
APP PUB NO 20170050653A1
SERIAL NO

15345158

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A monitoring method and system monitor a transmitted current that is injected into conductive components of a route traveled by vehicle systems, monitor a received current that represents a portion of the transmitted current that is conducted through the conductive components of the route, examine changes in the transmitted and/or received current over time to determine when the vehicle systems are on the route between a first location where the transmitted current is injected into the conductive components and a second location where the received current is monitored, and examine the changes in the transmitted and/or received currents. The changes are examined to identify (a) a contaminated portion of a surface on which the route is disposed, (b) a foreign object other than the vehicle systems that is contacting the route, and/or (c) a damaged or broken portion of at least one of the conductive components of the route.

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GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC901 MAIN AVENUE NORWALK CT 06851

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fries, Jeffrey Michael Grain Valley, US 39 532
Lawson, Richard Lee Melbourne, US 8 38
Mechling, Curtis Doyle Jacksonville, US 4 17
Mitti, Aaron Richard Atlanta, US 24 402
Noffsinger, Joseph Forrest Grain Valley, US 71 1889
Paget, Martin Saint Johns, US 18 312
Shields, William David Grain Valley, US 6 20
Weingartner, Aric Albert Lee's Summit, US 10 173

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