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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2023
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Worden, Erie, PA (US);
Jeremy Thomas Mcgarry, Erie, PA (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A vehicle power supply system and method may include plural vehicle contacts extending along a vehicle. At least three of the vehicle contacts may be power contacts that receive different phases of three-phase alternating current electrical power from an off-board power supply system to power the vehicle. A first power contact of the power contacts may receive a first phase of the three-phase alternating current and a second power contact of the power contacts may receive a second phase of the three-phase alternating current while the vehicle has a first orientation relative to the off-board power supply system. The first power contact may receive the second phase and the second power contact may receive the first phase while the vehicle has a second orientation relative to the off-board power supply system.