US 12,434,642 B2
Power supply system and method
Jeffrey John Wolff, Erie, PA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,322.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/009,176, filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316678 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 16/03 (2006.01); H02M 5/458 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/03 (2013.01) [H02M 5/4585 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power supply system comprising:
an onboard rectifier configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle, the onboard rectifier configured to receive an alternating current conducted from a power generating station via one or more transmission lines, the onboard rectifier configured to change the alternating current into a direct current; and
a controller configured control a maximum voltage permitted to be conducted via the one or more transmission lines and thereby to limit the maximum voltage to a determined value that is based at least in part on an insulation value of the vehicle relative to ground.