David J Mckay

US Patent:

8538608, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Sep 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/556334

Inventors:

Mikhail Meltser - Hanover Park IL, US
Timothy Medema - Algonquin IL, US
John Brand - Melbourne FL, US
Jared Klineman Cooper - Palm Bay FL, US
Todd Goodermuth - Satellite Beach FL, US
David Allen Eldredge - Malabar FL, US
Robert Foy - Melbourne FL, US
Christopher McNally - Girard PA, US
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger - Lees Summit MO, US
David McKay - Melbourne FL, US
Patricia Lacy - Lawrence Park PA, US
Kristopher Smith - Satellite Beach FL, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G05D 11/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

701 19, 249187 C, 701 20, 701 2, 701123, 60706, 60711

Abstract:

A control system for a rail vehicle system including a lead powered unit and a remote powered unit is provided. The system includes a user interface, a master isolation module and a slave controller. The user interface is disposed in the lead powered unit and is configured to receive an isolation command to turn on or off the remote powered unit. The master isolation module is configured to receive the isolation command from the user interface and to communicate an instruction based on the isolation command. The slave controller is configured to receive the instruction from the master isolation module. The slave controller causes the remote powered unit to supply tractive force to propel the rail vehicle system when the instruction directs the slave controller to turn on the remote powered unit. The slave controller causes the remote powered unit to withhold the tractive force when the instruction directs the slave controller to turn off the remote powered unit.

US Patent:

20090187291, Jul 23, 2009

Filed:

Feb 4, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/365359

Inventors:

Wolfgang Daum - Erie PA, US
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Glenn Robert Shaffer - Erie PA, US
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger - Lees Summit MO, US
Robert James Foy - Melbourne FL, US
David Lowell McKay - Melbourne FL, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

701 2, 701123, 701 19, 701 26

Abstract:

A method for operating a powered system, the method including determining whether a mission plan of the powered system is correct to satisfy at least one mission objective of the powered system, if not, updating information used to establish the mission plan, revising the mission plan based on the updated information to satisfy the at least one mission objective, and operating the powered system based on the revised mission plan. A system and a computer software code for operating a powered system are also disclosed.

US Patent:

20100023190, Jan 28, 2010

Filed:

Oct 4, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/573141

Inventors:

AJITH KUTTANNAIR KUMAR - ERIE PA, US
WOLFGANG DAUM - ERIE PA, US
GLENN ROBERT SHAFFER - ERIE PA, US
PAUL KENNETH HOUPT - SCHENECTADY NY, US
JOSEPH FORREST NOFFSINGER - LEES SUMMIT MO, US
DAVID LOWELL McKAY - MELBOURNE FL, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G05D 3/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

701 20

Abstract:

A system for controlling a railroad train over a segment of track. The system comprises a first element for determining a location of the train on the segment of track; a second element for providing track characterization information for the segment of track; the track characterization information related to physical conditions of the segment of track; and a processor for controlling applied tractive forces and braking forces of the train responsive to the location of the train and the track characterization information to reduce at least one of wheel wear and/or track wear during operation of the train over the segment of track.

US Patent:

20110284699, Nov 24, 2011

Filed:

Apr 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/082738

Inventors:

Jared Cooper - Palm Bay FL, US
Todd Goodermuth - Melbourne FL, US
David Peltz - Melbourne FL, US
David McKay - Melbourne FL, US
Scott C. Sherin - Rochester NY, US
John Brand - Melbourne FL, US
Eugene Smith - Melbourne FL, US
David Teeter - Melbourne FL, US
Robert Bryant - Melbourne FL, US
Mark Kraeling - Melbourne FL, US

International Classification:

B61L 99/00

US Classification:

246 28 R

Abstract:

A method for communicating data in a rail vehicle consist includes transmitting first data at a first rail vehicle of the consist over a power supply conductor to a second, different rail vehicle in the consist, where at least one rail vehicle of the consist receives direct electrical power from the power supply conductor. The method also includes monitoring the power supply conductor for second data at the first rail vehicle and receiving the second data over the power supply conductor at the first rail vehicle for use by a first system onboard the first rail vehicle. In one aspect, the transmitting step comprises transmitting the first data over one or more of a catenary line or a third rail that supplies the electrical power.

US Patent:

20110284700, Nov 24, 2011

Filed:

Apr 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/082864

Inventors:

John Brand - Melbourne FL, US
Todd Goodermuth - Melbourne FL, US
David Peltz - Melbourne FL, US
Jared Cooper - Palm Bay FL, US
David Mckay - Melbourne FL, US
Eugene Smith - Melbourne FL, US
Brian McManus - Saginaw TX, US

International Classification:

B61L 99/00

US Classification:

246 28 R

Abstract:

A method for communicating data in a rail vehicle consist includes transmitting, at a first rail vehicle in the consist, first data over a running rail to a second, different rail vehicle in the consist, where the running rail guides and supports the rail vehicles of the consist as the rail vehicles travel along the running rail. The method also includes monitoring the running rail for second data and receiving the second data over the running rail for use by a first system onboard the first rail vehicle.

US Patent:

20130317676, Nov 28, 2013

Filed:

May 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/478388

Inventors:

Jared Klineman Cooper - Melbourne FL, US
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling - Melbourne FL, US
Eugene A. Smith - Melbourne FL, US
James Glen Corry - Melbourne FL, US
David Lowell McKay - Melbourne FL, US
Brian Joseph McManus - Fort Worth TX, US
Keith Szewczyk - Melbourne FL, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

701 20, 701 19, 702 36

Abstract:

A sensing system includes a leading sensor, a trailing sensor, and a route examining unit. The sensors are coupled to a vehicle system that travels along a route. The leading sensor acquires first inspection data indicative of a condition of the route as the vehicle system travels over the route. The condition may represent the health of the route. The trailing sensor acquires additional, second inspection data that is indicative of the condition to the route subsequent to the leading sensor acquiring the first inspection data. The route examining unit identifies a section of interest in the route based on the first inspection data acquired by the leading sensor. The route examining unit also directs the trailing sensor to acquire the second inspection data within the section of interest in the route when the first inspection data indicates damage to the route in the section of interest.

US Patent:

20220221107, Jul 14, 2022

Filed:

Jan 8, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/144932

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Valerio A. Grendanin - St. Augustine FL, US
Sean Hart - Tarrytown NY, US
David C. Mckay - Ossining NY, US
Jerry M. Chow - Scarsdale NY, US
David Zarsky - Bethlehem PA, US
Gilbert Bauer - Peekskill NY, US

International Classification:

F17C 3/08
F25D 19/00

Abstract:

Techniques facilitating custom thermal shields for cryogenic environments are provided. In one example, a cryostat can comprise a thermal shield extending between a thermal stage and a base structure coupled to a bottom plate of an outer vacuum chamber. The thermal stage can be coupled to a top plate of the outer vacuum chamber. The thermal shield can provide access to a sample mounting surface encompassed within the thermal shield from a region external to the outer vacuum chamber via the top and bottom plates of the outer vacuum chamber.

US Patent:

20190176862, Jun 13, 2019

Filed:

Feb 14, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/275569

Inventors:

- Norwalk CT, US
Wolfgang Daum - Erie PA, US
Martin Paget - Irvine CA, US
Daniel Rush - Melbourne FL, US
Brad Thomas Costa - Melbourne FL, US
Seneca Snyder - Melbourne FL, US
Jerry Duncan - Melbourne FL, US
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling - Melbourne FL, US
Michael Scott Miner - Melbourne FL, US
Shannon Joseph Clouse - Erie PA, US
Anwarul Azam - Lawrence Park PA, US
Matthew Lawrence Blair - Lawrence Park PA, US
Nidhi Naithani - Bangalore, IN
Dattaraj Jagdish Rao - Bangalore, IN
Anju Bind - Bangalore, IN
Sreyashi Dey Chaki - Bangalore, IN
Scott Daniel Nelson - Melbourne FL, US
Nikhil Uday Naphade - Maharashtra, IN
Wing Yeung Chung - Erie PA, US
Daniel Malachi Ballesty - Wattsburg PA, US
Glenn Robert Shaffer - Erie PA, US
Jeffrey James Kisak - Erie PA, US
Dale Martin DiDomenico - Melbourne FL, US
Suresh Govindappa - Lawrence Park PA, US
Manibabu Pippalla - Bangalore, IN
Sethu Madhavan - Erie PA, US
Arunachala Karthik Sridharan - Bangalore, IN
Prabhu Marimuthu - Chennai, IN
Jared Klineman Cooper - Melbourne FL, US
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger - Lee's Summit MO, US
Paul Kenneth Houpt - Schenectady NY, US
David Lowell McKay - Melbourne FL, US

International Classification:

B61L 25/02
B61L 15/00
B61L 27/00
B64C 39/02
B64D 47/08
G06K 9/00
H04N 7/18
H04L 29/08
G05D 1/00
H04N 5/232

Abstract:

System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.