US Patent Issued to Transportation IP Holdings on July 8 for "Control system and method for a vehicle system" (New York, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,067, issued on July 8, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Control system and method for a vehicle system" was invented by Gayathri Indra Seenumani (Niskayuna, N.Y.), James D. Brooks (Schenectady, N.Y.) and David Allen Eldredge (Melbourne, Fla.).

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 or fuel cell during the trip is determined based on engine operational parameters, energy storage device operational parameters, and one or more objectives of the trip desired to be achieved. The usage of the energy storage de...