ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,115, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Knoxville Locomotive Works Inc. (Knoxville, Tenn.).
"Battery powered locomotive" was invented by Pete Claussen (Knoxville, Tenn.), Scott Gatewood (Knoxville, Tenn.), Michael Thomason (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Todd Burchette (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locomotive has a power bus that provides power to components of the locomotive when operating in a motoring mode or a charging mode. A plurality of batteries, one or more traction motors, and a charging source are all connected to the power bus. The batteries are operable to provide power to the power bus when operating in the ...