US Patent 10514411 Testing system for multiple-unit locomotives

Patent 10514411 was granted and assigned to Norfolk Southern Corporation on December, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

10514411

Date of Patent

December 24, 2019

Patent Application Number

15827770

Date Filed

November 30, 2017

Patent Primary Examiner

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Christopher P McAndrew

Patent abstract

Described herein is a system for testing one or more multiple-unit (MU) conductors on a locomotive using a first and second test unit together with a portable display unit having a wireless transceiver for communicating with the test units. The portable display may include a panel of LED indicators corresponding to the MU conductors to be tested and a user interface in the form of a display screen. The system may be used for running both test procedures and monitoring procedures. The wireless portable display unit allows a single technician to run the procedures and review information from both test units without using long and heavy MU jumper cables.