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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Ashburn, VA (US);
Bret Worden, Erie, PA (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An equipment asset may include a body, one or more current collector rails, and a grounding element. The body may have a top side and a power transfer zone. The power transfer zone may include at least an electrically non-conductive top surface. The one or more current collector rails may be mounted to the top side of the body within the power transfer zone. The grounding element may be electrically conductive and disposed on the top side of the body. The grounding element may surround the power transfer zone and be spaced apart from the one or more current collector rails. The grounding element may receive liquid that is runoff from the power transfer zone and electrically ground charged portions of the liquid.