Patents by Inventor Tharunendra Sekhar
Tharunendra Sekhar 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).
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Patent number: 10919412Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an auxiliary power unit of a vehicle. In one example, a system for a vehicle having a main power unit (MPU) coupled to an alternator and an auxiliary power unit (APU) configured to provide power to one or more hotel loads of the vehicle comprises: a controller with computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory memory executable to initiate operation of the APU in response to a drain load being applied to a battery of the vehicle that will deplete the battery to a state of charge (SOC) level that is less than a determined SOC threshold level in less time than a determined period, and the MPU is not in operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Kaushik D. Sondur, Giri Balu, Sasikumar Vishwanathan Mudaliar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Jayaprakash Sabarad, Rajeev R. Verma
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Patent number: 10895199Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an auxiliary power unit of a vehicle that provides electrical power and compressed air while a main engine of the vehicle is not running. In one example, an auxiliary power unit (APU) comprises: an engine, an alternator, and a compressor, all mounted to a common base frame in a triangular arrangement with the alternator and compressor arranged adjacent to one another and each of the alternator and compressor rotationally coupled with the engine through a gearbox spaced between the engine and each of the compressor and alternator.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Kaushik D. Sondur, Giri Balu, Sasikumar Vishwanathan Mudaliar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Jayaprakash Sabarad, Rajeev R. Verma
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Patent number: 10819087Abstract: A bus assembly is provided having a bus bar with first and second conductive layers extending along an insulator sheet interposed between the first and second conductive layers. The first and second conductive layers are partially aligned with respect to each other to form a first overlap region of the insulator sheet. The bus assembly includes a first set of arms having a set of diodes and a second set of arms having a set of switches. The bust bar includes a plurality of bus links coupling the plurality of arms to the bus bar forming a plurality of inverters. Each of bus links include a respective first bracket and a respective second bracket aligned with each other forming a second overlap region of the insulator sheet. The first bracket is electrically coupled to the first conductive layer and the second bracket is electrically coupled to the second conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Sarit Ratadiya, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Mark Allen Murphy, Jacob Alan Hubbell, Kevin Ruybal, Emil Nikolov, Maxim Tsupko, Jeffrey Louis Daigle
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Patent number: 10696313Abstract: A vehicle control system determines a predicted location of wheel slip for an upcoming trip of a vehicle system by comparing a vehicle characteristic, route characteristic, and/or weather characteristic associated with the upcoming trip with a vehicle characteristic, route characteristic, and/or weather characteristic associated with a previous detection of wheel slip. Movement of the vehicle system is controlled during the upcoming trip by reducing tractive effort generated by a leading vehicle of the vehicle system relative to a trailing vehicle of the vehicle system during movement over the predicted location, reducing tractive effort generated by a leading axle in a vehicle of the vehicle system relative to a trailing axle of the vehicle during movement over the predicted location, and/or directing an adhesion modifying device to automatically dispense an adhesion modifying substance onto the predicted location.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ashish Anil Paralikar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Praful Babuji Vihol, Dibyajyoti Pati, Hansa Narayana, Prakarsh Paritosh
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Publication number: 20200095926Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an auxiliary power unit of a vehicle that provides electrical power and compressed air while a main engine of the vehicle is not running. In one example, an auxiliary power unit (APU) comprises: an engine, an alternator, and a compressor, all mounted to a common base frame in a triangular arrangement with the alternator and compressor arranged adjacent to one another and each of the alternator and compressor rotationally coupled with the engine through a gearbox spaced between the engine and each of the compressor and alternator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: GE Global Sourcing LLCInventors: Kaushik D. Sondur, Giri Balu, Sasikumar Vishwanathan Mudaliar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Jayaprakash Sabarad, Rajeev R. Verma
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Publication number: 20200094690Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for an auxiliary power unit of a vehicle that provides electrical power and compressed air while a main engine of the vehicle is not running.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kaushik D. Sondur, Giri Balu, Sasikumar Vishwanathan Mudaliar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Jayaprakash Sabarad, Rajeev R. Verma
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Publication number: 20190356116Abstract: A bus assembly is provided having a bus bar with first and second conductive layers extending along an insulator sheet interposed between the first and second conductive layers. The first and second conductive layers are partially aligned with respect to each other to form a first overlap region of the insulator sheet. The bus assembly includes a first set of arms having a set of diodes and a second set of arms having a set of switches. The bust bar includes a plurality of bus links coupling the plurality of arms to the bus bar forming a plurality of inverters. Each of bus links include a respective first bracket and a respective second bracket aligned with each other forming a second overlap region of the insulator sheet. The first bracket is electrically coupled to the first conductive layer and the second bracket is electrically coupled to the second conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Sarit Ratadiya, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Mark Allen Murphy, Jacob Alan Hubbell, Kevin Ruybal, Emil Nikolov, Maxim Tsupko, Jeffrey Louis Daigle
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Patent number: 10384548Abstract: A bus assembly is provided having a bus bar with first and second conductive layers extending along an insulator sheet interposed between the first and second conductive layers. The first and second conductive layers are partially aligned with respect to each other to form a first overlap region of the insulator sheet. The bus assembly includes a first set of arms having a set of diodes and a second set of arms having a set of switches. The bust bar includes a plurality of bus links coupling the plurality of arms to the bus bar forming a plurality of inverters. Each of bus links include a respective first bracket and a respective second bracket aligned with each other forming a second overlap region of the insulator sheet. The first bracket is electrically coupled to the first conductive layer and the second bracket is electrically coupled to the second conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Sarit Ratadiya, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Mark Allen Murphy, Jacob Alan Hubbell, Kevin Ruybal, Emil Nikolaev Nikolov
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Publication number: 20180222502Abstract: A vehicle control system determines a predicted location of wheel slip for an upcoming trip of a vehicle system by comparing a vehicle characteristic, route characteristic, and/or weather characteristic associated with the upcoming trip with a vehicle characteristic, route characteristic, and/or weather characteristic associated with a previous detection of wheel slip. Movement of the vehicle system is controlled during the upcoming trip by reducing tractive effort generated by a leading vehicle of the vehicle system relative to a trailing vehicle of the vehicle system during movement over the predicted location, reducing tractive effort generated by a leading axle in a vehicle of the vehicle system relative to a trailing axle of the vehicle during movement over the predicted location, and/or directing an adhesion modifying device to automatically dispense an adhesion modifying substance onto the predicted location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Ashish Anil Paralikar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Praful Babuji Vihol, Dibyajyoti Pati, Hansa Narayana, Prakarsh Paritosh
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Publication number: 20170313196Abstract: A bus assembly is provided having a bus bar with first and second conductive layers extending along an insulator sheet interposed between the first and second conductive layers. The first and second conductive layers are partially aligned with respect to each other to form a first overlap region of the insulator sheet. The bus assembly includes a first set of arms having a set of diodes and a second set of arms having a set of switches. The bust bar includes a plurality of bus links coupling the plurality of arms to the bus bar forming a plurality of inverters. Each of bus links include a respective first bracket and a respective second bracket aligned with each other forming a second overlap region of the insulator sheet. The first bracket is electrically coupled to the first conductive layer and the second bracket is electrically coupled to the second conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Sarit Ratadiya, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Tharunendra Sekhar, Mark Allen Murphy, Jacob Alan Hubbell, Kevin Ruybal, Emil Nikolaev Nikolov