US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on Jan. 28 for "System and method for controlling a vehicle system to achieve objectives during a trip" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,827, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"System and method for controlling a vehicle system to achieve objectives during a trip" was invented by James D. Brooks (Schenectady, N.Y.), Gayathri Seenumani (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Harry Kirk Mathews Jr. (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Jason M. Nichols (Norwalk, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 tri...