ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,314, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ALSTOM HOLDINGS (Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France).

"System and method for distributing auxiliary power to loads onboard of a train, and train comprising such a system" was invented by Gandhal Vishwanath (Bangalore, India) and Veliyambra Umesh Babu (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for distributing auxiliary power onboard of a train including a first car, a second car, and a third car equipped each with electric loads, including: a power distribution line extending across the cars; a first, a second and a third auxiliary power generators each configured to supply power to th...