Patent ID: 6283765
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B60T,H01R

Abstract:
In a network for a train including at least one locomotive and a plurality of cars, each car being serially connected by a power and communication trainline to an adjacent car and having a local communication node connecting a car control device to the network, each car further including:a housing;a circuit module within the housing and including a second communication node and a current sensor;a terminal block on the housing;a plurality of stud terminals extending through apertures in the terminal block such that a first end of each stud terminal is outside the housing and a second end of each stud terminal is inside the housing, the second end of the plurality of stud terminals contacting the circuit module;at least two input leads, comprising an input from the power and communication trainline, being connected to the first end of first and second stud terminals, such that each input lead from the trainline is connected to its own stud terminal;a number of electrical output leads equal to the number of input leads, comprising an output to the power and communication trainline, being connected to the first end of third and fourth stud terminals, such that each output electrical lead to the trainline extends from the first end of its own stud terminal; anda jumper wire in the circuit module passing through the current sensor and interconnecting the second ends of the second and fourth terminals.