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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2023
Applicant:

Bnsf Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael Cleveland, Fort Worth, TX (US);

James Taylor, Shady Shores, TX (US);

Assignee:

BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/12 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B61C 3/02 (2006.01); B61C 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 3/12 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B61C 3/02 (2013.01); B61C 17/06 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by an auxiliary power controller, a first selection of one or more power input sources from a plurality of power input sources. The method also includes determining, by the auxiliary power controller, a first selection of one or more power consuming devices from a plurality of power consuming devices. The method further includes managing, by the auxiliary power controller, transfer of auxiliary power from the first selection of the one or more power input sources to the first selection of the one or more power consuming devices.


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