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

Claim 6:
7. A method comprising:
determining whether a vehicle system formed from a first vehicle and one or more additional vehicles has remained stationary for at least a stationary time period;
determining whether the first vehicle is a lead vehicle of the vehicle system that sends commands to the one or more additional vehicles so that the lead vehicle and the one or more additional vehicles coordinate efforts in moving the vehicle system;
enabling a parked function of the vehicle system in response to determining that the vehicle system has remained stationary for at least the stationary time period and the first vehicle is the lead vehicle;
applying a braking effort to the vehicle system in response to detecting movement of the vehicle system and while the parked function is enabled; and
disabling the parked function of the vehicle system in response to the first vehicle being switched from being the lead vehicle to at least one of the one or more additional vehicles being the lead vehicle.