US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on July 7 for "Communication system and method for a vehicle system" (Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,119, issued on July 7, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Communication system and method for a vehicle system" was invented by Padam Dhoj Swar (Clarksburg, Md.), Carl L. Haas (Walkersville, Md.), Brian Kurz (Thurmont, Md.), Richard S. Klemanski (Walkersville, Md.), Daniel McGee (Alexandria, Va.) and James Cowan (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system may include communication devices configured to be onboard vehicles in a multi-vehicle system. Each of the communication devices may operate in a lead mode, a repeater mode, or a trail mode. The communication devices operating in t...