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Automatic train serialization utilizing comparison between a measured parameter and a synchronization signal

  • US 5,651,517 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1996
  • Issued: 07/29/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a train including at least one locomotive and a plurality of cars, each car being serially connected to an adjacent car and having a local communication node, and a controller in said locomotive in a network with said communication nodes, a method of serializing said cars comprising:

  • providing a parameter which varies along the length of said train;

    transmitting a synchronization signal along the length of said train to the local node of each car;

    measuring said parameter at each node with respect to the occurrence of the synchronization signal at each node; and

    serializing said cars as a function of said measured parameters.

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