ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,286, issued on May 5, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Vehicle control system" was invented by Jennifer Sobierajski (Erie, Pa.), Jeffrey John Wolff (Erie, Pa.), Timothy Warren Brown (Erie, Pa.), Henry Todd Young (Erie, Pa.) and Ibrahim Kacar (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling operation of a vehicle system are provided. This vehicle system can be at least partially powered by electric current conducted to a collector device of the vehicle system from a conductive pathway extending along a route traveled by the vehicle system. A voltage level of the conductive pa...