ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,542, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Vehicle power supply system" was invented by Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (Erie, Pa.), Bret Worden (Erie, Pa.) and Jeremy Thomas McGarry (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle power supply system and method may include plural vehicle contacts extending along a vehicle. At least three of the vehicle contacts may be power contacts that receive different phases of three-phase alternating current electrical power from an off-board power supply system to power the vehicle. A first power contact of the power contacts may receive a first phase...