Patents by Inventor Todd S. Oleski

Todd S. Oleski 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).

  • Consist manager for managing two or more locomotives of a consist
    Patent number: 7618011
    Abstract: A consist manager for controlling a consist having a lead locomotive and at least one trailing locomotive. A graphical user interface displays a lead locomotive image and at least one trailing locomotive imagers. The graphical user interfaces allows a user to selectively identify train characteristics of each of the first and second locomotives. The consist manager receives a control command and determines a first power operating mode of the first locomotive and a second power operating mode of the second locomotive as a function of the control command and the identified train characteristics. The consist manager controls the first locomotive according to the first power operating mode and controls the second locomotive according to the second operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Todd S. Oleski, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Glenn R. Shaffer, Charles E. Cooper, Christopher L. Sheridan, James A. Natalo