Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing vehicle energy use based on future energy demand
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Application No.: US17993337Application Date: 2022-11-23
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Publication No.: US12172684B2Publication Date: 2024-12-24
- Inventor: Sammy Akif , Sidarta Fornari Beltramin , Evan P Sevel , John William Brand
- Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
- Applicant Address: US AL Albertville
- Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
- Current Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US AL Albertville
- Main IPC: B61L27/16
- IPC: B61L27/16 ; B60L3/00 ; B60L53/64 ; B61L15/00

Abstract:
A system includes one or more processors and memory storing processor-executable instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include generating a driving strategy for a traveling route of a train comprising at least one battery-electric locomotive (BEL) based on saved data in the system for optimizing one or more aspects for the train over the traveling route; operating the train according to the driving strategy; receiving update data associated with a current location of the train; revising the driving strategy based on the saved data and the update data for optimizing energy consumption efficiency for a segment of the traveling route by identifying active powered components of the train that are non-essential for traversing the segment and turning off power to one or more of the identified active powered components for a duration of traversing the segment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240166249A1 Managing Vehicle Energy use Based on Future Energy Demand Public/Granted day:2024-05-23
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