Patent ID: 11884251
Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A system comprising:
a controller configured to determine whether a first vehicle of a vehicle system is designated as a lead vehicle or a remote vehicle of the vehicle system, the vehicle system including the first vehicle and at least a second vehicle, the lead vehicle configured to dictate movements of the at least the second vehicle, the controller configured to determine whether the first vehicle is stopped and that an engine of the vehicle system is shut down, the controller configured to determine whether the first vehicle is stopped for at least a stationary time period, the controller configured to determine whether a position of a reverser device is in a designated position, and
the controller is configured to enable a parked function of the first vehicle in response to determining that the first vehicle is designated as the lead vehicle, the first vehicle has been stopped for at least the stationary time period, and that the position of the reverser device is in the designated position, wherein the controller is configured to disable the parked function responsive to determining that the first vehicle is no longer designated as the lead vehicle.