MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647110881 A) filed by Knoxville Locomotive Works, Inc. on September 16, 2026, for Battery Powered Locomotive.
Inventors include Claussen, Pete; Gatewood, Scott; Thomason, Michael; and Burchette, Todd.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: 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 motoring mode, and to receive power from the power bus when operating in the charging mode. The traction motors are operable to receive power from the power bus when the locomotive is operating in the motoring mode. The charging source intermittently provides charging power to the power bus to charge the batteries when the locomotive is operating in the motoring mode or in the charging mode. The charging source is selectively activated and deactivated based at least in part on the state of charge of the batteries.
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