ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,882, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to STADLER RAIL AG (Bussnang, Switzerland).

"Rail vehicle comprising an energy storage system having an energy storage device and a transformer, a method of operating such a rail vehicle, and a method of assembling a train composition comprising a rail vehicle carriage" was invented by Jorgen Tscheng (Zurich, Switzerland) and Thomas Kagi (Widnau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a rail vehicle (22) comprising an energy storage device and a transformer (18) associated with the energy storage device; a rail vehicle carriage (24) comprising an energy storage d...