ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,308, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Fuel consumption system for locomotive" was invented by Sammy Akif (Northlake, Texas), Marcos Blanco Fernandes (Trophy Club, Texas), Suhani Chacha (Fort Worth, Texas) and Thomas Reynolds (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for predicting changes in fuel consumption due to alterations in train operations is disclosed. The method comprises: collecting a baseline train data of a first train, the baseline train data including first train parameters, first operational parameters, and a first fuel consumption of the first train; inputting the b...