ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,540, issued on July 15, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).
"Arrangement for driving a locomotive having various energy-provision systems" was invented by Bernhard Hoescheler (Erlangen, Germany) and Stefan Lauer (Erlangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for driving a locomotive has various energy-provision systems. The locomotive contains a main energy-provision system as the main system and a drive system. Energy provided by the main system is supplied to the drive system as drive power and is used by the drive system for moving the locomotive. A railroad car carries at least one additional energy-...