Patents Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
  • Vehicle wheel chock hanger
    Patent number: 11584288
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a vehicle wheel chock hanger for holding different vehicle wheel chocks of different vehicle restraint systems. Various embodiments provide a vehicle wheel chock hanger for vehicle restraint systems for a vehicle such as an auto-rack railroad car that is configured to hold various different chocks that are configured to secure vehicles in that vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Walter J. Peach, John D. Anderson
  • Systems and method for controlling auto-ignition
    Patent number: 11585262
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for maintaining combustion stability in a multi-fuel engine. In one example, a system may include first and second fuel systems to deliver liquid and gaseous fuels, respectively, to at least one cylinder of the engine, and a controller. The controller may be configured to supply the gaseous fuel to the at least one cylinder, inject the liquid fuel to the at least one cylinder to compression ignite the liquid fuel and combust the gaseous fuel in the at least one cylinder, and retard an injection timing of the injection of the liquid fuel based on a measured parameter associated with auto-ignition of end gases subsequent to the compression-ignition of the liquid fuel. In some examples, the controller may further be configured to adjust an amount of the gaseous fuel relative to an amount of the liquid fuel based on the measured parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Yerace, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, James Robert Mischler
  • Vehicle energy management system
    Patent number: 11584395
    Abstract: An energy management system determines two or more fuel components that represent fuel consumption by a vehicle system completing a trip over one or more routes. A trip plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more of different locations, different distances along the one or more routes, or different times is generated or modified. The trip plan is based on the fuel components. The fuel components include a delta elevation component of the one or more routes, a delta speed component of the trip, a mean drag component of the vehicle system, a curvature component of the one or more routes, a base fuel component of the vehicle system, a minimum braking component of the vehicle system, a braking auxiliaries component of the vehicle system, and/or a drag variation of the vehicle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., James D. Brooks
  • Vehicle travel planning constrained by probe vehicle data
    Patent number: 11584408
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain a constraint on movement for a first vehicle system along a route. The constraint is based on movement of a separate second vehicle system that is concurrently traveling along the same route. The processor(s) are configured to determine a speed profile that designates speeds for the first vehicle system according to at least one of distance, location, or time based on the constraint such that the first vehicle system maintains a designated spacing from the second vehicle system along the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Brian Nedward Meyer, James D. Brooks, Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Dan Dai, Anup Menon
  • Method for operating an engine
    Patent number: 11578684
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling fuel factions delivered to different cylinders are provided. In one example, a controller is configured to, during a single engine cycle and responsive to a first condition, deliver a lower fraction of a first fuel into a donor cylinder in comparison to a fraction of the first fuel being injected into a non-donor cylinder and deliver a higher fraction of a second fuel into the donor cylinder in comparison to a fraction of the second fuel being injected into the non-donor cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Edgar Klingbeil
  • Powered system with passive filter for an energy storage device
    Patent number: 11575310
    Abstract: A system may be provided that includes an energy storage device, and an inverter electrically coupled to the energy storage device. The system also includes a passive filter electrically coupled between the energy storage device and the inverter. The passive filter includes a first coupled-inductor and at least one first bypass capacitor. The first coupled-inductor includes at least two magnetically coupled windings. The passive filter is configured to reduce or eliminate alternating current at the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Edlabadkar, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
  • Methods and systems for cylinder diagnosis
    Patent number: 11572845
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for diagnosing cylinders. In one example, a system includes an engine having a plurality of cylinders coupled to a crankshaft, a crankshaft speed sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a first output from the crankshaft speed sensor during nominal engine operation, receive a second output from the crankshaft speed sensor during engine operation where a fueling disturbance is introduced to a cylinder of the plurality of cylinders, indicate that the cylinder is unhealthy responsive to a difference between the first output and the second output being less than a threshold difference, and adjust one or more operating parameters of the engine in response to the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Margaret Ilorieuse Dieudonne, Jacob Kenneth Pedder, James Robert Mischler, Luke Michael Henry
  • Electrical system for bus bar coupling
    Patent number: 11569647
    Abstract: A system that may include a rigid bus bar body portion having one or more first conductive pathways, and a flexible bus bar body portion extending from the rigid bus bar body portion and having a lower modulus of elasticity than the rigid bus bar body portion, the flexible bus bar body portion including one or more second conductive pathways. The one or more first conductive pathways and the one or more second conductive pathways may be configured to be conductively coupled with a first electronic device to form a conductive connection between the first electronic device and at least a second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Kuttenkuler, Henry Todd Young, Mark Murphy, Jacob Hubbell, Theodore Brown
  • Control system and method for a vehicle system
    Patent number: 11565731
    Abstract: A system and method generate a trip plan for a trip of a vehicle system along a route. The usage of an engine during the trip is determined based on engine operational parameters, energy storage device operational parameters, and one or more objectives of the trip desired to be achieved. The usage of the energy storage device during the trip is also determined based on the engine operational parameters, the energy storage device operational parameters, and the one or more objective, including when to charge or discharge the energy storage device during the trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Gayathri Seenumani, James D. Brooks
  • Systems for a multi-fuel capable engine
    Patent number: 11560857
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a multi-fuel capable engine. The system includes a liquid fuel system to deliver liquid fuel to an engine, a gaseous fuel system to deliver gaseous fuel to the engine, and a control system. The control system can control and test the liquid and gaseous fuel systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Fisher, Shawn Gallagher, Jacob Kenneth Pedder, Daniel Yerace
  • Equipment control system
    Patent number: 11555759
    Abstract: A system and method monitor operation of a compressor, determine whether the operation of the compressor is outside of a designated range of values, and, responsive to determining that the operation of the compressor is outside of the designated range of values, one or more of (a) prevent communication of a signal to a system controller that controls operation of the compressor, (b) direct a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor, and/or (c) communicate the signal to the system controller that controls operation of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lucke, Jeffrey Hritz, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
  • Enclosure for a vehicle system
    Patent number: 11554636
    Abstract: A barrier door for a protective enclosure includes a lower section and an upper section operably coupled with the lower section, and a ventilation system disposed within the lower section. The ventilation system includes one or more blowers and a plenum. The ventilation system is configured to direct air one or more of into or out of the protective enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy R. Schmidt, Matthew Chapman, Karl J. Kobel, Richard Peck
  • Systems for a brake system
    Patent number: 11548539
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a braking system. In one example, a braking arrangement comprising a dead lever comprising a protrusion offset toward a live lever and a slack adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jingjun Zhang, Bret D. Worden
  • System, method and apparatus for alternator for electric machine
    Patent number: 11552521
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes a generally cylindrical stator core having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core teeth that define a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof, a main winding having a plurality of coils, each of the coils including a plurality of turns occupying the plurality of slots in the stator core, and a tertiary excitation winding having a plurality of coils, each of the coils including a single turn occupying at least a subset of the plurality of slots in the stator core. The coils of the main winding are unevenly arranged in the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Rihong Mo
  • Railroad car vented hatch cover assembly including a replaceable combined vented hatch cover protector and gasket
    Patent number: 11548536
    Abstract: A railroad car hatch cover assembly including a replaceable combined hatch cover protector and gasket that can be quickly and easily mounted to a hatch cover of the vented hatch cover assembly and easily and quickly removed therefrom. In certain embodiments, the combined hatch cover protector and gasket includes an outer sealing member configured to be positioned in a pocket of the hatch cover, an inner protector element holder, a protector element held by and secured to the protector element holder, and a dual connector connecting the outer sealing member and the inner protector element holder, and configured to partially facilitate connection to the hatch cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Anderson, Walter J. Peach
  • Engine mixing structures
    Patent number: 11549429
    Abstract: A fuel and gas mixing structure for an engine is provided. This mixing structure includes a body configured to be positioned between a fuel injector and a cylinder of an engine. The body defines an interior volume that is configured to receive gas (e.g., air) from outside the body and to receive one or more streams of fuel from the fuel injector in the interior volume. The body also includes one or more upper channels and one or more lower channels that are configured to provide a substantially similar amount of flow relative to each other to the interior volume The body also defines one or more mixture conduits configured to conduct plumes of the fuel and gas, while mixing, from the interior volume to one or more exit ports and therethrough to the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Sreenivasa Rao Gubba, Bhaskar Tamma, Victor Manuel Salazar, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Thomas Michael Lavertu, Roy James Primus, John Dowell, Kevin Bailey, Kevin McElhaney
  • Systems and methods for an engine
    Patent number: 11536216
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for adjusting operating parameters of an internal combustion engine. In one example, a system may include adjusting an amount of advance of a fuel injection timing of a plurality of fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine relative to top dead center (TDC) responsive to engine output demand, where, as the engine output demand increases, the amount of advance first decreases and then increases. In this way, an amount of vehicle emissions may be decreased while an amount of fuel consumption is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Hart, Thomas Lavertu, Adam Felton, Preeti Vaidya, Daniel Loringer, Venu Gupta, Jesse Brigden, Justin Brumberg, Taylor Gray, Shawn Gallagher
  • Piston crown for a combustion system and an associated method thereof
    Patent number: 11536221
    Abstract: A piston crown for a combustion system is disclosed. The piston crown includes a piston bowl having a circumferential recess and a plurality of first recesses arranged spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction. The circumferential recess is disposed proximate to a circumference of the piston crown. Each recess of the plurality of the first recesses extends between a center of the piston crown and the circumferential recess, and a width and a depth of each recess of the plurality of first recesses are extended along a radial direction for an entire length of each recess of the plurality of first recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Roy James Primus, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Dattatraya Somnath Bhagoji, Kevin Scott McElhaney, Bhaskar Tamma, Ravichandra Srinivasa Jupudi, Kevin Paul Bailey
  • Rail vehicle traction pin
    Patent number: D976754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Dayananda Thippagondanahalli Hariharappa, Ankur Pandey
  • Applicator nozzle
    Patent number: D976362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Snyder, Manuel L. Flores