Route examining system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11400964
APP PUB NO 20190061794A1
SERIAL NO

16170741

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A route examining system includes first and second detection units and an identification unit. The first and second detection units are configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle system traveling along a route having plural conductive tracks. The first and second detection units are disposed at spaced apart locations along a length of the vehicle system. The first and second detection units are configured to monitor one or more electrical characteristics of the conductive tracks in response to an examination signal being electrically injected into at least one of the conductive tracks. The identification unit includes one or more processors configured to determine that a section of the route includes an electrical short responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics monitored by the first and second detection units indicating that the examination signal is received by only one of the first and second detection units.

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  • TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ehret, Steven Joseph Erie, US 7 90
Fries, Jeffrey Michael Grain Valley, US 39 532
Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair Erie, US 425 8886
Noffsinger, Joseph Forrest Grain Valley, US 71 1889
Plotnikov, Yuri Alexeyevich Niskayuna, US 34 492

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