Patents by Inventor Kevin Kapp
Kevin Kapp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9815470Abstract: An energy management system and method for a vehicle system operate the vehicle system according to a current trip plan as the vehicle system travels along a route during a trip. The current trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system. The system and method also revise the current trip plan into a revised trip plan responsive to current, actual operation of the vehicle system differing from the current trip plan by at least a designated threshold amount. The revised trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system and includes an initial designated operational setting that matches the current, actual operation of the vehicle system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Juli-Ann Luther, Jeffrey Twichel, Brian Nedward Meyer, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Swapna Rameshbabu Gaikwad, John William Brand, James Brooks, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy, Kevin Kapp, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, William Martin, James Andrew Napolitano, Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Eric Vorndran
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Patent number: 9731732Abstract: A system configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is configured to obtain first trip information including first location-based operational information. The first trip information includes commands for a positive train control (PTC) system. The communication unit is also configured to obtain second trip information including second location-based operational information. The second trip information includes trip profile information for performing a mission by the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to obtain the first trip information and the second trip information from the communication unit, and to determine combined trip information using the first trip information and the second trip information. The processing unit is also configured to develop control information using the combined trip information.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Samuel William Golden, Kevin Kapp
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Publication number: 20160368495Abstract: An energy management system and method for a vehicle system operate the vehicle system according to a current trip plan as the vehicle system travels along a route during a trip. The current trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system. The system and method also revise the current trip plan into a revised trip plan responsive to current, actual operation of the vehicle system differing from the current trip plan by at least a designated threshold amount. The revised trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system and includes an initial designated operational setting that matches the current, actual operation of the vehicle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Juli-Ann Luther, Jeffrey Twichel, Brian Nedward Meyer, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Swapna Rameshbabu Gaikwad, John William Brand, James Brooks, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy, Kevin Kapp, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, William Martin, James Andrew Napolitano, Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Eric Vorndran
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Patent number: 9376971Abstract: An energy management system and method for a vehicle system operate the vehicle system according to a current trip plan as the vehicle system travels along a route during a trip. The current trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system. The system and method also revise the current trip plan into a revised trip plan responsive to current, actual operation of the vehicle system differing from the current trip plan by at least a designated threshold amount. The revised trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system and includes an initial designated operational setting that matches the current, actual operation of the vehicle system.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Juli-Ann Luther, Jeffrey Twichel, Brian Nedward Meyer, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Swapna Rameshbabu Gaikwad, John William Brand, James Brooks, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy, Kevin Kapp, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, William Martin, James Andrew Napolitano, Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Eric Vorndran
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Publication number: 20150251676Abstract: A system configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is configured to obtain first trip information including first location-based operational information. The first trip information includes commands for a positive train control (PTC) system. The communication unit is also configured to obtain second trip information including second location-based operational information. The second trip information includes trip profile information for performing a mission by the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to obtain the first trip information and the second trip information from the communication unit, and to determine combined trip information using the first trip information and the second trip information. The processing unit is also configured to develop control information using the combined trip information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Samuel William Golden, Kevin Kapp
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Publication number: 20150232097Abstract: An energy management system and method for a vehicle system operate the vehicle system according to a current trip plan as the vehicle system travels along a route during a trip. The current trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system. The system and method also revise the current trip plan into a revised trip plan responsive to current, actual operation of the vehicle system differing from the current trip plan by at least a designated threshold amount. The revised trip plan designates operational settings of the vehicle system and includes an initial designated operational setting that matches the current, actual operation of the vehicle system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Juli-Ann Luther, Jeffrey Twichel, Brian Nedward Meyer, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Swapna Rameshbabu Gaikwad, John William Brand, James Brooks, David Allen Eldredge, Robert James Foy, Kevin Kapp, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, William Martin, James Andrew Napolitano, Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Eric Vorndran
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Patent number: 8798902Abstract: A method for controlling a powered system, the method including operating the powered system to perform a mission based on an optimized mission plan, identifying when the powered system is approaching a location in the mission where the powered system may change from a first route to a second route, obtaining information about whether the first route or the second route will be taken, and if the second route is taken, adjusting the mission plan to optimize reduced emissions output and/or reduced fuel consumption based on the route change.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Vishram Vinayak Nandedkar, Patricia Sue Lacy, Kevin Kapp, Eric Vorndran, Daniel Pagano, Parameswaran Shanmugam, Ryan Goes
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Patent number: 8725326Abstract: A system and method for predicting a route to be authorized by a dispatcher for a vehicle to travel on a route network comprises a computer system that has a database having stored data relative to interconnecting route segments that make up the route network. Data relative to the origination location and the destination location is input into the computer system. The processor accesses the database and generates a predicted route with an origination location and destination location.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Kapp, Eric Vorndran, Daniel Pagano, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
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Patent number: 8655515Abstract: A communication system for a rail vehicle consist includes antenna modules, routing modules, and an arbitration module. The antenna modules are disposed at spaced apart locations along the consist and receive network data from an off-board device. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with the antenna modules and receive the network data from the antenna modules. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with a network connection extending along the rail vehicle consist. The arbitration module is communicatively coupled with the network connection. The arbitration module forms a message represented by the network data. One or more of the routing modules transmits the network data received from the off-board device to the arbitration module over the network connection. The arbitration module receives the network data to form the message and transmits the message to one or more powered units of the rail vehicle consist through the network connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert Foy, Brian McManus, Stephen Smith, John Brand, Jared Klineman Cooper, Kevin Kapp, Kaitlyn Hrdlicka
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Patent number: 8655516Abstract: A communication system for a rail vehicle consist includes antenna modules, routing modules, and an arbitration module. The antenna modules are disposed at spaced apart locations and receive a trip profile from an off-board device. The trip profile is related to tractive and/or braking effort supplied by one or more powered units of the rail vehicle consist. The routing modules are disposed on the powered units and are communicatively coupled with the antenna modules. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with a network connection extending along the rail vehicle consist between the powered units. The arbitration module is communicatively coupled with the routing modules by the network connection. The routing modules transmit the received trip profile to the arbitration module. The arbitration module reconstitutes the trip profile into a message that is transmitted to a propulsion subsystem of one or more of the powered units.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert Foy, Brian McManus, Stephen Smith, John Brand, Jared Klineman Cooper, Kevin Kapp, Kaitlyn Hrdlicka
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Publication number: 20130297199Abstract: A system and method for predicting a route to be authorized by a dispatcher for a vehicle to travel on a route network comprises a computer system that has a database having stored data relative to interconnecting route segments that make up the route network. Data relative to the origination location and the destination location is input into the computer system. The processor accesses the database and generates a predicted route with an origination location and destination location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Kapp, Eric Vorndran, Daniel Pagano, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
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Publication number: 20120136514Abstract: A communication system for a rail vehicle consist includes antenna modules, routing modules, and an arbitration module. The antenna modules are disposed at spaced apart locations along the consist and receive network data from an off-board device. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with the antenna modules and receive the network data from the antenna modules. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with a network connection extending along the rail vehicle consist. The arbitration module is communicatively coupled with the network connection. The arbitration module forms a message represented by the network data. One or more of the routing modules transmits the network data received from the off-board device to the arbitration module over the network connection. The arbitration module receives the network data to form the message and transmits the message to one or more powered units of the rail vehicle consist through the network connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert Foy, Brian McManus, Stephen Smith, John Brand, Jared Klineman Cooper, Kevin Kapp, Kaitlyn Hrdlicka
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Publication number: 20120136515Abstract: A communication system for a rail vehicle consist includes antenna modules, routing modules, and an arbitration module. The antenna modules are disposed at spaced apart locations and receive a trip profile from an off-board device. The trip profile is related to tractive and/or braking effort supplied by one or more powered units of the rail vehicle consist. The routing modules are disposed on the powered units and are communicatively coupled with the antenna modules. The routing modules are communicatively coupled with a network connection extending along the rail vehicle consist between the powered units. The arbitration module is communicatively coupled with the routing modules by the network connection. The routing modules transmit the received trip profile to the arbitration module. The arbitration module reconstitutes the trip profile into a message that is transmitted to a propulsion subsystem of one or more of the powered units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Robert Foy, Brian McManus, Stephen Smith, John Brand, Jared Klineman Cooper, Kevin Kapp, Kaitlyn Hrdlicka
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Publication number: 20120130568Abstract: A data communication system for a rail vehicle consist includes a data reading device and a processing module. The data reading device is disposed on the consist and is configured to interrogate and read data from a tangible and non-transitory medium that is spaced apart from the data reading device. The processing module is disposed on the rail vehicle consist and is communicatively coupled with the data reading device. The processing module receives the data from the data reading device and uses the data in connection with one or more operations of the rail vehicle consist. A method for communicating data with a rail vehicle consist includes interrogating and reading data from a tangible and non-transitory medium using an electronic reading device while the medium is spaced apart from the reading device and using the data in connection with one or more operations of the rail vehicle consist based on the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Samuel GOLDEN, David Eldredge, Robert Foy, Stephen Smith, John William Brand, Kevin Kapp
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Patent number: 8126601Abstract: A system and method for predicting a route to be authorized by a dispatcher for a vehicle to travel on a route network comprises a computer system that has a database having stored data relative to interconnecting route segments that make up the route network. Data relative to the origination location and the destination location is input into the computer system. The processor accesses the database and generates a predicted route with an origination location and destination location.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Kapp, Eric Vorndran, Daniel Pagano, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
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Publication number: 20090198391Abstract: A method for controlling a powered system, the method including operating the powered system to perform a mission based on an optimized mission plan, identifying when the powered system is approaching a location in the mission where the powered system may change from a first route to a second route, obtaining information about whether the first route or the second route will be taken, and if the second route is taken, adjusting the mission plan to optimize reduced emissions output and/or reduced fuel consumption based on the route change.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Vishram Vinayak Nandedkar, Patricia Sue Lacy, Kevin Kapp, Eric Vorndran, Daniel Pagano, Parameswaran Shanmugam, Ryan Goes
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Publication number: 20080154452Abstract: A system and method for predicting a route to be authorized by a dispatcher for a vehicle to travel on a route network comprises a computer system that has a database having stored data relative to interconnecting route segments that make up the route network. Data relative to the origination location and the destination location is input into the computer system. The processor accesses the database and generates a predicted route with an origination location and destination location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Kevin Kapp, Eric Vorndran, Daniel Pagano, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar