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System and method for determining vehicle orientation in a vehicle consist

  • US 10,338,580 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2017
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a sensor assembly configured to generate an output representative of a direction in which a fluid flows within a first on-road vehicle that is included in a vehicle consist with a second on-road vehicle; and

    one or more processors configured to determine an orientation of the first on-road vehicle relative to the second on-road vehicle based at least in part on the output generated by the sensor assembly,wherein the one or more processors are configured to change movement of the first on-road vehicle responsive to one or more processors determining the orientation of the first on-road vehicle relative to the second on-road vehicle to move the first on-road vehicle and the second on-road vehicle in a common direction.

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