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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Ronald B. Koerber, Lake City, PA (US);
Todd C. Cronin, Fairview, PA (US);
Assignee:
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61C 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes an electric motor and one or more of a generator or an alternator coupled with the electric motor and configured to generate electric energy from rotation created by the electric motor. The generator or alternator is configured to power one or more traction motors to propel the vehicle system. The electric motor may replace a fuel engine of the vehicle system.