Systems and methods for handling malfunctions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9417630
APP PUB NO 20150338848A1
SERIAL NO

14284537

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A method comprises receiving an alarm state from one or more inspection systems that inspects one or more components of a vehicle system. The method then identifies operational parameters of the vehicle system. The operational parameters represent at least one of a current location of the vehicle system, a current terrain over which the vehicle system is currently travelling, an upcoming terrain that the vehicle system is travelling toward, a current moving speed of the vehicle system, a position of one or more controls of the vehicle system, a state of a brake of the vehicle system or an identification of one or more vehicle units in the vehicle system. The method then selects and implements a mitigating action to implement from plural different mitigating actions based on the alarm state and the one or more parameters of the vehicle.

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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
Eldredge, David Allen Melbourne, US 27 448
Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair Erie, US 414 8401
Noffsinger, Joseph Forrest Grain Valley, US 71 1704
Shaffer, Glenn Robert Erie, US 61 2131

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