US Patent Issued to Progress Rail Locomotive on July 7 for "Charge receiving system" (Brazilian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,555, issued on July 7, was assigned to Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (LaGrange, Ill.).

"Charge receiving system" was invented by Sidarta Fornari Beltramin (Curitiba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge receiving system comprises a first charge receiving rail and a second charge receiving rail attached to a roof of a compartment of a locomotive. The first charge receiving rail is disposed at a first angle relative to a center line of the roof in a longitudinal direction of the locomotive and extends beyond a first edge of the roof, and is configured to electrically contact a first charging contact of an external charging uni...