US Patent Issued to Progress Rail Locomotive on March 17 for "Engine health monitoring system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,251, issued on March 17, was assigned to Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. (LaGrange, Ill.).

"Engine health monitoring system" was invented by Reddy Pocha Siva Sankara (Naperville, Ill.), Jaldeep N. Kansara (Bolingbrook, Ill.) and Michael B. Goetzke (Orland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A health monitoring system for a prime mover of a locomotive is disclosed. The health monitoring system comprises: the prime mover having a cylinder head with a first bank and a second bank; an EGR cooler; a turbocharger; a first temperature sensor provided on a first exhaust and a second temperature sensor provided on a second exhaust; a bar...