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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventor:
Steve A Packwood, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60L 2240/80 (2013.01); Y10T 307/406 (2015.04);
Abstract
Herein described is at least a system for generating one or more control signals based on a voltage provided by an energy storage device. Based on the one or more control signals, the system may selectively enable flow of current through one of: a) a first circuitry when the voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and b) a second circuitry when the voltage is less than the threshold value, wherein the flow of the current through the second circuitry upconverts the voltage associated with the current from a first value to a second value.