US 11,926,355 B2
System and/or method for platooning
Matthew Soule, Los Angeles, CA (US); John Howard, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Benjamin Stuart Stabler, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Parallel Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Parallel Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,384.
Application 18/077,384 is a continuation of application No. 17/732,143, filed on Apr. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,548,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,867, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,617, filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,786, filed on Jan. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099782 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B61L 27/10 (2022.01); B61L 27/70 (2022.01)
CPC B61L 27/10 (2022.01) [B61L 27/70 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for coordinated braking within a rail platoon, comprising:
determining, at an autonomous rail vehicle within the rail platoon, a compressive force at a leading end of the autonomous rail vehicle in a direction of traversal;
determining a coordinated braking event; and
in response to determining the coordinated braking event, braking at the autonomous rail vehicle while maintaining compression at the leading end, comprising autonomously controlling an independent set of brakes of the autonomous vehicle based on the compressive force at the leading end.