ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,642, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Power supply system and method" was invented by Jeffrey John Wolff (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply system includes an onboard rectifier that may be disposed onboard an electric vehicle. The onboard rectifier is configured to receive an alternating current conducted from a power generating station via a transmission line at a frequency that is at least a utility power line frequency. The onboard rectifier may change the alternating current into a direct current and to output the direct current to an electric propulsion syst...