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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llp, Norwalk, CT (US);
Kaushik D. Sondur, Bangalore, IN;
Giri Balu, Bangalore, IN;
Sasikumar Vishwanathan Mudaliar, Bangalore, IN;
Tharunendra Sekhar, Bangalore, IN;
Jayaprakash Sabarad, Bangalore, IN;
Rajeev R. Verma, Bangalore, IN;
TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for an auxiliary power unit of a vehicle that provides electrical power and compressed air while a main engine of the vehicle is not running. In one example, an auxiliary power unit (APU) comprises: an engine, an alternator, and a compressor, all mounted to a common base frame in a triangular arrangement with the alternator and compressor arranged adjacent to one another and each of the alternator and compressor rotationally coupled with the engine through a gearbox spaced between the engine and each of the compressor and alternator.