US 11,654,943 B2
End of vehicle device with integrated antenna
Padam Dhoj Swar, Clarksburg, MD (US); Benjamin L. Henniges, Mt. Airy, MD (US); Michael B. Colson, Woodbine, MD (US); Carl L. Haas, Walkersville, MD (US); and David Andrew Gloyd, Ellicott City, MD (US)
Assigned to WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US)
Filed by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/164,338.
Prior Publication US 2020/0122756 A1, Apr. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. B61L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 15/0054 (2013.01) [B61L 15/0018 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. An end-of-train (EOT) device configured to be coupled with a first rail vehicle of a rail vehicle system, the EOT device comprising:
an enclosure defining an internal compartment and including first and second handles on opposite sides of the enclosure, each of the first and second handles having a gripping portion spaced apart from the enclosure and connected with the enclosure by struts;
first and second communication devices disposed within the internal compartment of the enclosure;
a first antenna connected to the first communication device, the first antenna extending through the internal compartment of the enclosure and into the first handle through a first strut of the struts of the first handle, the first antenna configured to communicate first signals from the first communication device to a second rail vehicle of the rail vehicle system; and
a second antenna connected to the second communication device, the second antenna extending through the internal compartment of the enclosure and into the second handle through a second strut of the struts of the second handle, the second antenna configured to communicate second signals from the second communication device to the second rail vehicle of the rail vehicle system.