Patents by Inventor Srini NEDUNOORI

Srini NEDUNOORI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cumulative inertial tractive effort
    Patent number: 9592841
    Abstract: A method to determine fuel consumption, energy consumption, or both fuel consumption and energy consumption, during one test train run, or a plurality of test train runs, that is associated with modifying an operating parameter is provided. The method includes determining a reference fuel/energy consumption, and a cumulative ITE for one, or a plurality of reference train runs (CITERR) over a portion of track, and correcting the reference fuel/energy consumption using the CITERR of the one, or a plurality of reference train runs, to produce a corrected reference fuel/energy consumption value. The operating parameter is modified, and a modified fuel/energy consumption and cumulative ITE for the one, or a plurality of test train runs (CITETR), over the portion of track is determined, and a corrected test fuel/energy consumption value is obtained by correcting the modified fuel/energy consumption using the CITETR of the one, or a plurality of test train runs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: L.B. FOSTER RAIL TECHNOLOGIES, CORP., UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
    Inventors: Kevin David Oldknow, Wayne A. Kennedy, John M. Peters, Srini Nedunoori, Divya Kadam
  • CUMULATIVE INERTIAL TRACTIVE EFFORT
    Publication number: 20160251025
    Abstract: A method to determine fuel consumption, energy consumption, or both fuel consumption and energy consumption, during one test train run, or a plurality of test train runs, that is associated with modifying an operating parameter is provided. The method includes determining a reference fuel/energy consumption, and a cumulative ITE for one, or a plurality of reference train runs (CITERR) over a portion of track, and correcting the reference fuel/energy consumption using the CITERR of the one, or a plurality of reference train runs, to produce a corrected reference fuel/energy consumption value. The operating parameter is modified, and a modified fuel/energy consumption and cumulative ITE for the one, or a plurality of test train runs (CITETR), over the portion of track is determined, and a corrected test fuel/energy consumption value is obtained by correcting the modified fuel/energy consumption using the CITETR of the one, or a plurality of test train runs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin David OLDKNOW, Wayne A. KENNEDY, John M. PETERS, Srini NEDUNOORI, Divya KADAM