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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Seepe, Erie, PA (US);
Glenn E Vest, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Erie, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
290-3 ; 290 / ;
Abstract
In a diesel-electric locomotive, the power demand of electrically driven auxiliary equipment is automatically increased in response to the temperature of the diesel engine falling to an undesirably low level so as to load the engine when idling and thereby cause it to produce extra heat which prevents abnormal wear and excessive fuel consumption.