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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Progress Rail Locomotive Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Gamache Foege, Westmont, IL (US);
Walter Henry Klaric, Westmont, IL (US);
Assignee:
Progress Rail Locomotive Inc., LaGrange, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B61C 5/00 (2006.01); B61C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 5/00 (2013.01); B61C 17/02 (2013.01); Y02T 30/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing vapor generation in an LNG fueled vehicle is provided. The LNG fueled vehicle includes an LNG fuel system including an external LNG pump. The method includes a step of predicting if the LNG fueled vehicle will be operated during a first forthcoming time period using a controller. If the LNG fueled vehicle will be operated during the first forthcoming time period, as determined by the first predicting step, the method includes cooling the external LNG pump.