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2025 août (MACJ) 66
2025 juillet 40
2025 juin 96
2025 mai 64
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Classe IPC
E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande 509
E02F 9/28 - Petites pièces métalliques pour éléments de creusement, p. ex. dents 407
E02F 9/26 - Dispositifs indicateurs 374
E02F 9/22 - Entraînements hydrauliques ou pneumatiques 371
B62D 55/21 - Maillons reliés par des axes transversaux d'articulation 242
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07 - Machines et machines-outils 155
12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules 131
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques 107
37 - Services de construction; extraction minière; installation et réparation 72
06 - Métaux communs et minerais; objets en métal 57
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1.

ADVANCED CRASH REVERSAL PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR MARINE VESSEL

      
Numéro d'application 18589928
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-28
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Cisneros, Salvador
  • Pasupuleti, Sai Pranav
  • Neathery, Brian P.

Abrégé

A method for controlling a marine propulsion system (MPS) in an imminent crash reversal maneuver is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: configuring a shift protection type (SPT) to be a Basic Crash Reversal (BCR) or an Advanced Crash Reversal (ACR); configuring parameters for the ACR, including: configuring an Acceleration Time (AT) and a Deceleration Time (DT); configuring a Shift Protection Hold Time (SPHT); configuring an ACR Shift Out of Gear Time (SOGT) and an ACR Shift To Neutral Time (STNT); executing, via a control processor, an Advanced Shift Protection Activation phase, a Shift Request phase, a Slow Vessel Movement Shift Protection phase, a Crash Reversal phase, a Neutral Hold phase, an Engine Recovery phase, and a Normal Shift Protection phase; and restoring a throttle and a gear control to an operator upon completion of a crash reversal maneuver.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B63B 43/18 - Amélioration de la sécurité des navires, p. ex. contrôle des avaries, non prévue ailleurs par prévention des abordagesAmélioration de la sécurité des navires, p. ex. contrôle des avaries, non prévue ailleurs par réduction des dommages dus aux abordages
  • B63H 21/21 - Moyens de commande du moteur ou de la transmission spécialement adaptés à l'utilisation à bord d'un navire

2.

Electrical Power System for Earthmoving Machine

      
Numéro d'application 18588556
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-27
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Wei, Mo
  • Ge, Xinyu
  • Li, Jia J.

Abrégé

An earthmoving machine includes a primary power source for supplying electrical power to one or more electrical motors during a work cycle and an auxiliary power source to supply supplemental power during a high load condition of the work cycle. To recharge the auxiliary power source, the total required recharging power can be determined and can be converted to a recharging power control setting to be applied during the low load condition of the work cycle. Recharging power can be directed from the primary electrical power source to the auxiliary power source in accordance with the recharging power control setting.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande
  • E02F 3/32 - DraguesEngins de terrassement entraînés mécaniquement avec des outils excavateurs montés sur un bras plongeur ou à godets, p. ex. plongeurs, godets et bras plongeur pivotant sur une poutre en porte à faux travaillant vers le bas et vers la machine, p. ex. avec retro-pelletage
  • E02F 3/43 - Commande de la position du plongeur ou de l'augeCommande de la succession des opérations d'entraînement
  • E02F 9/22 - Entraînements hydrauliques ou pneumatiques
  • H02J 4/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, la nature alternative ou continue du courant n'étant pas précisée
  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • H02J 7/34 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p. ex. batterie tampon

3.

RAILWAY DEFECT FALSE ALARM MITIGATION BY MULTIPLE TRACK CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS

      
Numéro d'application 18589446
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-28
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Mianzo, Lawrence A.
  • Hoffelder, Mike
  • Oblak, Tod A.
  • Miller, Marc D.
  • Cantrell, Darrell D.

Abrégé

A track defect false alarm mitigation apparatus for a rail vehicle that is conveyed on a railway includes a processor onboard the rail vehicle that is constructed to perform feature detection on a track image captured from the railway to label an attribute in the track image as a feature of the railway captured in the track image. Model parameters for a track detection model are accepted from another processor. A track detection model is executed using the model parameters provided thereto to generate a track configuration context that predicts the locations of track configuration components. An attempt is made to register the feature and the track configuration context one with the other. The issuance of an alert of a track defect is excluded except in response to the feature registering with the track configuration context to a confidence level.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B61L 23/04 - Dispositifs de commande, d'avertissement ou autres dispositifs de sécurité le long de la voie ou entre les véhicules ou les trains pour contrôler l'état mécanique de la voie
  • B61L 27/60 - Test ou simulation
  • G06T 7/00 - Analyse d'image
  • G06T 7/33 - Détermination des paramètres de transformation pour l'alignement des images, c.-à-d. recalage des images utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
  • G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
  • G06V 10/44 - Extraction de caractéristiques locales par analyse des parties du motif, p. ex. par détection d’arêtes, de contours, de boucles, d’angles, de barres ou d’intersectionsAnalyse de connectivité, p. ex. de composantes connectées
  • G06V 10/774 - Génération d'ensembles de motifs de formationTraitement des caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéos dans les espaces de caractéristiquesDispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant l’intégration et la réduction de données, p. ex. analyse en composantes principales [PCA] ou analyse en composantes indépendantes [ ICA] ou cartes auto-organisatrices [SOM]Séparation aveugle de source méthodes de Bootstrap, p. ex. "bagging” ou “boosting”
  • G06V 10/94 - Architectures logicielles ou matérielles spécialement adaptées à la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos
  • G06V 20/56 - Contexte ou environnement de l’image à l’extérieur d’un véhicule à partir de capteurs embarqués
  • G06V 20/70 - Étiquetage du contenu de scène, p. ex. en tirant des représentations syntaxiques ou sémantiques

4.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING BEAMS TO PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS OF WORK SITES

      
Numéro d'application 18589475
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-28
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Yuet, Fu P.
  • Flinn, Barrett A

Abrégé

A system for delivering beams to predetermined locations of a work site includes a sorting assembly, a work machine, and a control system. The sorting assembly receives the beams in loose batches and arranges them in a predefined arrangement. The work machine includes an implement having haul elements. The control system receives an instruction to transfer the beams to the predetermined locations and issue a command to move the work machine for operative engagement with the sorting assembly. Further, the control system generates a retrieval command to alter the implement and switch the haul elements to a first condition to retrieve the beams from the sorting assembly. Also, the control system provides a notification to haul the beams to the predetermined locations. The control system generates release commands at the predetermined locations to release at least one beam correspondingly at the predetermined locations in a preset orientation.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G05D 1/667 - Livraison ou récupération de charges utiles
  • B65G 15/42 - Courroies ou porte-charges sans fin analogues en caoutchouc ou en matière plastique avec nervures, stries ou autres saillies superficielles
  • B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
  • B65G 47/12 - Dispositifs pour alimenter en objets ou matériaux les transporteurs pour alimenter en objets à partir de piles d'objets en désordre ou de tas d'objets en vrac
  • B65G 47/24 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs présentant les objets selon un orientement donné
  • G05D 105/05 - Applications spécifiques des véhicules commandés pour le terrassement, la construction, le génie civil ou l’exploitation minière, p. ex. excavateurs

5.

DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC MACHINES

      
Numéro d'application 18588122
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-27
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Brockhurst, Russell
  • Wulf, Stefan Jacob

Abrégé

A dispatch system and method for battery electric machines is disclosed. The dispatch system includes a processor configured to receive battery information from the battery electric machines and assign first battery electric machines for operation based on the battery information. The processor is also configured to station second battery electric machines at one or more charging stations. Further, the processor is configured to selectively recall at least one assigned first battery electric machine to a designated charging station. In addition, the processor is configured to selectively dispatch at least one stationed second battery electric machine for operation from the charging stations. Furthermore, the processor is configured to maintain a number of the battery electric machines at each charging station substantially constant over time. The dispatch method includes steps performed by the dispatch system.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60L 53/68 - Surveillance ou commande hors site, p. ex. télécommande
  • B60L 53/14 - Transfert d'énergie par conduction
  • B60L 53/62 - Surveillance et commande des stations de charge en réponse à des paramètres de charge, p. ex. courant, tension ou charge électrique
  • B60L 53/67 - Commande de plusieurs stations de charge
  • G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
  • G06Q 50/06 - Fourniture d’énergie ou d’eau

6.

COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPATCHING MACHINES BASED ON ALLOCATED POWER

      
Numéro d'application 18588918
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-27
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Brockhurst, Russell Allen
  • Wulf, Stefan Jacob

Abrégé

An energy management system (EMS) manages allocations of power to charging stations and other power resources at a worksite. The EMS provides a planning system with long-term power data indicating maximum and/or expected power allocations over a relatively long period of time, and provides a dispatch system with short-term power data indicating current and/or expected power allocations over a shorter period of time. The planning system determines a work plan for jobs at the worksite based on power allocations indicated by the long-term power data. The dispatch system assigns machines at the worksite to perform tasks associated with the jobs identified by the work plan, based on power allocations indicated by the short-term power data.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 3/46 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs contrôlant la répartition de puissance entre les générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
  • H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
  • H02J 3/18 - Dispositions pour réglage, élimination ou compensation de puissance réactive dans les réseaux

7.

ENGINE HAVING HOTSPOT FUEL IGNITER AND PISTON AND METHODOLOGY USING SAME

      
Numéro d'application 18585190
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-23
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Koci, Chad P.
  • Coldren, Dana R.

Abrégé

An engine includes a piston movable within a combustion cylinder, a direct fuel injector, and a hotspot fuel igniter. The hotspot fuel igniter includes a core exposed to the combustion cylinder, to ignite fuel spray plumes of a directly injected fuel, and an insulator insulating the core from heat transfer with a material of the piston. Applications include igniting a range of fuels, including lower cetane number fuels.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F02F 3/26 - Pistons comportant une chambre de combustion ménagée dans la tête de piston
  • F02B 75/12 - Autres modes de fonctionnement

8.

EXCAVATION SYSTEM HAVING OPERATOR INITIATED WORK-TOOL SHAKE

      
Numéro d'application 18584058
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-22
Date de la première publication 2025-08-28
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Sayeed, Fuaad Ahmed
  • Wigg, Jason Prakash
  • Krause, Steven Robert

Abrégé

A machine may include a work-tool, a lift actuator configured to lift the work-tool above a ground surface, a tilt actuator configured to tilt the work-tool. The machine may also include a controller configured to receive a control signal indicative of an operator command to initiate a work-tool shake routine, and execute the work-tool shake routine in response to the control signal based on a comparison of lift actuator extension with a first threshold, and a comparison of tilt actuator extension with a second threshold. The work-tool shake routine may include racking and unracking the work-tool multiple times in succession.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs
  • E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande
  • E02F 9/22 - Entraînements hydrauliques ou pneumatiques

9.

CAT COMPACT

      
Numéro d'application 241985800
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-08-22
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Classes de Nice  ? 00 - Aucun service ni marchandise classifiable

Produits et services

(1) Machines for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; concrete construction machines; road construction machines; telehandlers, dozers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, road paving machines, concrete paving machines, steam rollers, road rollers, soil compacting machines, landfill compacting machines; wheel loaders; front end loaders; coal loaders; loading and unloading machines; loader buckets for excavators; hydraulic excavators; earth moving machines, namely, excavators; soil compactors; landfill compactors; road rollers; tamping rollers; road paving machines; screed machines; earth moving machines, namely, graders; skid-steer loaders; machine tools for construction, compacting and paving; parts, fittings and components for machines for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, construction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; concrete construction machines; road construction machines (2) Downloadable computer software for providing information related to operation and maintenance of machines for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for machines and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; computer hardware for the collection, transmission, and processing of data of machines and vehicles for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; measuring apparatus and instruments related to machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; electronic control units; accelerometers; data processing apparatus; data processing equipment; onboard computers for machines in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; satellite-aided navigation systems; vibration sensors; temperature sensors; infrared sensors; pressure sensors; telematic apparatus for machines and vehicles for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance (3) Land vehicles and structural parts therefor; land vehicles namely, land vehicles for use in construction, paving and compaction; vehicles and apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; trucks; parts, fittings and components for agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance (1) Retail store services featuring vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; online retail store services featuring machinery and vehicles for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor (2) Installation maintenance, servicing and repair of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; rental of vehicles, equipment, machines, tools, and apparatus for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; rental of and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance (3) Providing temporary use of a non-downloadable web application for providing information related to operation and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; software as a service [SaaS] services featuring software for providing information related to operation and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; design and development of computer hardware and software; design and development of computer software applications; computer software design services; testing the functionality of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; analysis and testing services relating to vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor

10.

CAT COMPACT

      
Numéro de série 99351572
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-08-22
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. ()
Classes de Nice  ?
  • 35 - Publicité; Affaires commerciales
  • 07 - Machines et machines-outils
  • 09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
  • 12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules
  • 37 - Services de construction; extraction minière; installation et réparation
  • 42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception

Produits et services

Retail store services featuring vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; online retail store services featuring machinery and vehicles for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor Machines for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; concrete construction machines; road construction machines; telehandlers, dozers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, road paving machines, concrete paving machines, steam rollers, road rollers, soil compacting machines, landfill compacting machines; wheel loaders; front end loaders; coal loaders; loading and unloading machines; loader buckets for excavators; hydraulic excavators; earth moving machines, namely, excavators; soil compactors; landfill compactors; road rollers; tamping rollers; road paving machines; screed machines; earth moving machines, namely, graders; skid-steer loaders; machine tools for construction, compacting and paving; parts, fittings and components for machines for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, construction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance Downloadable computer software for providing information related to operation and maintenance of machines for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for machines and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; computer hardware for the collection, transmission, and processing of data of machines and vehicles for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; measuring apparatus and instruments related to machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; electronic control units; accelerometers; data processing apparatus; data processing equipment; onboard computers for machines in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; satellite-aided navigation systems; vibration sensors; temperature sensors; infrared sensors; pressure sensors; telematic apparatus for machines and vehicles for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance land vehicles and structural parts therefor; land vehicles namely, land vehicles for use in construction, paving and compaction; vehicles and apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; trucks; parts, fittings and components for agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance installation maintenance, servicing and repair of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; rental of vehicles, equipment, machines, tools, and apparatus for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance; rental of and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance Providing temporary use of a non-downloadable web application for providing information related to operation and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; software as a service [SaaS] services featuring software for providing information related to operation and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; design and development of computer hardware and software; design and development of computer software applications; computer software design services; testing the functionality of vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor; analysis and testing services relating to vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, construction, compaction, demolition, paving, waste and landfill, earth moving, forestry, livestock production, landscaping, scrap and recycling, underground utilities, petroleum, quarry, pipeline, material handling, civil engineering, snow removal, land improvement, manufacturing, mining, stevedoring, and railroad maintenance and parts therefor.

11.

CAT Compact

      
Numéro d'application 019235959
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-08-22
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Classes de Nice  ?
  • 07 - Machines et machines-outils
  • 09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
  • 12 - Véhicules; appareils de locomotion par terre, par air ou par eau; parties de véhicules
  • 35 - Publicité; Affaires commerciales
  • 37 - Services de construction; extraction minière; installation et réparation
  • 42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception

Produits et services

Machines for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; machine tools, power operated tools; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; generators; alternators; electric construction machines; electric mining machines; loaders [earth moving machines]; excavators; dozers [machines]; telehandlers [machines]; compactors; road rollers; tamping rollers [machines]; road paving machines; screeders [machines]; motor graders [machines]; skid steer loaders; snow removal machines; parts, fittings and components for all the aforesaid goods. Navigation, surveying, photographic, measuring, signalling, detecting, testing and inspecting apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; protective and safety equipment; computer software; electric wire, harnessing, gauges and switches; electronic displays; electronic connectors, terminals, and controls; circuit breakers; fuses; leveling rods; power inverters; electrical parts and fittings for land vehicles, machinery, and equipment, namely, amplifiers for wireless communications, antennas, and batteries; electric relays; radios; electric cables; converters; speakers; glasses; mobile phones and tablets; solar panels for the production of electricity; batteries for construction, forestry and mining equipment; battery chargers; chargers for electric batteries; cells [electric]; photovoltaic cells; battery charging equipment; charging stations for electric vehicles; downloadable computer software for providing information related to operation and maintenance of machines and vehicles for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; downloadable computer software for providing information related to operation and maintenance of internal combustion engines and generators; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application related to machines and machine tools for use in compaction; computer hardware for the collection, transmission, and processing of data of machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; measuring apparatus and instruments related to machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; electronic control units; accelerometers; data processing apparatus and equipment related to machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; onboard computers for machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; navigation apparatus for vehicles [on-board computers]; satellite-aided navigation systems; vibration, temperature, infrared, and pressure sensors for machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; telematic apparatus for machines and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction. Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land; land vehicles for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration and oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; electric vehicles; engines for land vehicles; trucks; loaders [fork-lift trucks]; dumper trucks; tractors; parts, fittings and components for all the aforesaid goods. Retail services in relation to vehicles, equipment, machinery and machine tools for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration, and parts therefor; retail services in relation to compaction equipment; retail services in relation to engines and power generation equipment, and parts therefor; online retail services in relation to machinery and vehicles for use in construction and compaction; online retail services in relation to parts for vehicles, equipment, and machinery for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; online retail services in relation to parts for engines and power generation equipment; retail services in the field of construction equipment, mining equipment and generators; retail services in relation to machine tools; retail services in relation to industrial oils, greases and lubricants; retail services in relation to clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, bags, watches, eyewear and printed matter; arranging and conducting auctions; on-line auction services; providing a searchable database, via the internet, of used construction, compaction, mining, material handling, agricultural, paving, and forestry machinery for sale or rent; advertising of business web sites; banner advertising; preparation of audio and/or visual displays for businesses; providing marketing consulting in the field of social media; advertising and marketing services provided by means of social media. Repair, installation, servicing, and maintenance of vehicles, equipment and machines for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; machinery installation; rental of equipment, namely machines and machine tools for use in compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, waste management, air and space exploration; remanufacturing of vehicles; vehicle battery charging; charging of electric vehicles; charging of batteries and power storage devices, and rental of equipment therefore. Providing temporary use of a non-downloadable web application for providing information related to operation and maintenance of machinery and vehicles for use in agriculture, compaction, construction, cleaning, defence, demolition, earth conditioning, earth contouring, earth moving, forestry, landscaping, lifting, marine propulsion, material handling, material scrapping, mining, mulching, oil and gas distribution, oil and gas exploration, oil and gas production, quarrying, paving, pipelaying, power generation, road building and repair, site preparation and remediation, transportation, vegetation management, waste management, air and space exploration; providing temporary use of a non-downloadable web application for providing information related to operation and maintenance of internal combustion engines and generators; providing temporary use of a non-downloadable web application related to machines and machine tools for use in compaction; software as a service [SaaS]; design and development of computer hardware and software related to the operation and maintenance of machinery and vehicles for use in construction, paving, and compaction; construction, paving, and compaction machine condition monitoring; performance testing related to machines and machine tools for use in construction, paving, and compaction; analysis and testing services relating to machines and machine tools for use in construction, paving, and compaction.

12.

SENSOR AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ADVERSE THERMAL EVENT IN A CELL OF A BATTERY SYSTEM

      
Numéro d'application 18925122
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-10-24
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Saikia, Siddartha
  • Kumar, Luvkush

Abrégé

A battery system includes a cell. The cell includes a including a housing. The housing includes a plurality of walls that define an outer surface of the housing. The housing also includes a sensor coupled to the outer surface of the housing and configured to indicate an adverse thermal event in the cell. The sensor includes a deformable element made of a shape-memory material (SMM) and has a pre-stressed shape. The deformable element is adapted to deform to a memorized shape from the pre-stressed shape in response to an operating temperature of the cell exceeding a predefined temperature threshold for the cell. The memorized shape of the deformable element is different from the pre-stressed shape of the deformable element. A deformity of the deformable element from the pre-stressed shape to the memorized shape is indicative of the adverse thermal event in the cell.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/581 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour l’interruption du courant en réponse à la température
  • H01M 10/04 - Structure ou fabrication en général
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte

13.

HYBRID WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR BATTERY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

      
Numéro d'application 18442356
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-15
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Abney, Jeffrey
  • Kwok, Wellington Y.
  • Kilkenny, Michael J.

Abrégé

In some implementations, a first wireless receiver of a battery module of a battery pack may receive, using a first wireless communication technology, data from a first wireless transmitter of a chip-on-cell device connected to a battery cell of the battery module. The data may indicate one or more properties of the battery cell detected by the chip-on-cell device. The first wireless receiver may transfer the data to a second wireless transmitter of the battery module. The second wireless transmitter may transmit, using a second wireless communication technology, the data to a second wireless receiver of a battery management system (BMS) of the battery pack.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
  • G01R 31/371 - Dispositions pour le test, la mesure ou la surveillance de l’état électrique d’accumulateurs ou de batteries, p. ex. de la capacité ou de l’état de charge avec indication à distance, p. ex. sur des chargeurs séparés
  • H01M 50/204 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules

14.

ROCK GUARD FOR GNSS SIGNAL AVOIDANCE

      
Numéro d'application 18443218
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-15
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Hettinger, Daniel R.
  • Thompson, Earl Richard

Abrégé

A haul truck can include a frame, a traction system for moving the frame, an access platform coupled to the frame, a truck bed having a canopy extending over the access platform, an antenna support structure arranged on the access platform, the antenna support structure extending upward to support a GNSS receiver positioned proximate a front of the canopy, and a non-metallic protective barrier coupled to the canopy and positioned towards the front of the canopy and positioned to deflect objects from striking the GNSS receiver.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01Q 1/42 - Enveloppes non intimement mécaniquement associées avec les éléments rayonnants, p. ex. radome
  • H01Q 1/00 - Détails de dispositifs associés aux antennes
  • H01Q 1/32 - Adaptation pour l'utilisation dans ou sur les véhicules routiers ou ferroviaires

15.

PACKAGED POWER INVERTER

      
Numéro d'application 18444004
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-16
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Andris, Eric M.

Abrégé

A packaged power inverter including a cylindrical outer housing having a central longitudinal axis, a heatsink core located within the housing and having a longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the outer housing and a plurality of outer planar surface portions. The packaged power inverter further includes a plurality of electronic modules each being coupled to one of the plurality of planar surface portions. A plurality of AC bus bars are coupled to one of the plurality of planar surface portions. A plurality of capacitors and DC bus bars located within the outer housing.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H05K 7/20 - Modifications en vue de faciliter la réfrigération, l'aération ou le chauffage
  • H02M 7/00 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant alternatif en une puissance de sortie en courant continuTransformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif

16.

SPROCKET DAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACK-TYPE MACHINE

      
Numéro d'application 18444656
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-17
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Schellpfeffer, Sierra
  • Ziegenmeyer, Jonathan D.
  • Zuehls, Peter M.
  • Steffen, Kyle J.
  • Salisbury, Brad S.

Abrégé

A sprocket damping assembly may include at least one arc-shaped damping pad with a plurality of through holes, at least one arc-shaped backing plate with a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of tubular spacers, each including a central through hole. The sprocket damping assembly includes an assembled configuration, where a portion of the tubular spacers is located on one side of the at least one arc-shaped damping pad and the at least one arc-shaped backing plate is located on an opposite side of the at least one arc-shaped damping pad. An axial length of the tubular spacers may align the at least one arc-shaped damping pad with an edge of the drive sprocket, adjacent to teeth of the drive sprocket. The at least one arc-shaped damping pad may be formed of an elastomeric material.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B62D 55/096 - Systèmes des chenillesÉléments de ces systèmes comportant des moyens de réduction du bruit
  • B62D 55/125 - Entraînements d'extrémités
  • B62D 55/32 - Assemblage, démontage, réparation ou entretien des systèmes de chenilles

17.

SPROCKET DAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACK-TYPE MACHINE

      
Numéro d'application US2025012330
Numéro de publication 2025/174538
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-21
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Schellpfeffer, Sierra
  • Ziegenmeyer, Jonathan D.
  • Zuehls, Peter M.
  • Steffen, Kyle J.
  • Salisbury, Brad S.

Abrégé

A sprocket damping assembly (100) may include at least one arc-shaped damping pad (110) with a plurality of through holes (120). at least one arc-shaped backing plate (130) with a plurality of through holes (140), and a plurality of tubular spacers (150), each including a central through hole (152). The sprocket damping assembly includes an assembled configuration, where a portion of the tubular spacers is located on one side of the at least one arc-shaped damping pad and the at least one arc-shaped backing plate is located on an opposite side of the at least one arc-shaped damping pad. An axial length of the tubular spacers may align the at least one arc-shaped damping pad with an edge of the drive sprocket (50), adjacent to teeth (68) of the drive sprocket. The at least one arc-shaped damping pad may be formed of an elastomeric material.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B62D 55/096 - Systèmes des chenillesÉléments de ces systèmes comportant des moyens de réduction du bruit
  • B62D 55/13 - Entraînements d'extrémités de type modulaire facilement interchangeables

18.

COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY SYSTEM

      
Numéro d'application US2025012485
Numéro de publication 2025/174542
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-22
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Bell, Brian Richard
  • Ramabadhran, Krishna Prasath

Abrégé

A cooling assembly (106) for a battery system (100) includes an inlet system (200). The inlet system (200) includes an inlet manifold (202), an inlet connecting tube (210), a first inlet connecting member (211) defining a first surface (212) and at least one first inlet fluid port (214), and a second inlet connecting member (222) defining at least one second inlet fluid port (226) in fluid communication with the at least one first inlet fluid port (214) of the first inlet connecting member (211). The cooling assembly (106) also includes an outlet system (700) in fluid communication with the inlet system (200). The outlet system (700) includes an outlet manifold (702), a first outlet connecting member (708) defining at least one first outlet fluid port (716, 718), an outlet connecting tube (720), and a second outlet connecting member (722) defining at least one second outlet fluid port (730, 732).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments
  • H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
  • H01M 10/617 - Types de commande de la température pour réaliser l'uniformité ou une répartition désirée de la température

19.

SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ADVERSE THERMAL EVENT IN BATTERY CELL

      
Numéro d'application 18442140
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-15
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Saikia, Siddartha
  • Kumar, Luvkush

Abrégé

A battery system includes a battery cell including a housing. The housing includes a plurality of walls that define an outer surface of the housing. The battery system also includes a sensor coupled to the outer surface to determine an adverse thermal event in the cell. The sensor includes a deformable element made of a shape-memory material (SMM) that has a pre-stressed shape. The deformable element is adapted to deform to a memorized shape from the pre-stressed shape in response to an operating temperature of the cell exceeding a predefined temperature threshold for the cell. The memorized shape of the deformable element is different from the pre-stressed shape of the deformable element. A deformity of the deformable element to the memorized shape is indicative of the adverse thermal event in the cell.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/581 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour l’interruption du courant en réponse à la température
  • H01M 10/04 - Structure ou fabrication en général
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte

20.

WORK MACHINE WITH OPERATOR DISPLAY

      
Numéro d'application 18444931
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-19
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc, (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Saini, Abhijeet
  • Van De Veer, Brad Robert
  • Sullivan, Patrick William
  • Shatters, Aaron Robert
  • Cler, Eric Wade
  • Spielman, Michael Anthony
  • Lockwood, Keven K.
  • Harshberger, Ii, Wayne E.

Abrégé

A work machine featuring a boom and equipped with sensors to detects its rotation angle, along with a bucket attached to the boom and fitted with sensors to detect its tilt angle is disclosed. A controller manages the adjustment of both angles based on operator input. After adjustment, the controller processes sensor data to determine the bucket's carry height relative to a predetermined range. The system displays guidance information on an operator display within the machine's cab, displaying real-time feedback on the bucket's position relative to the predetermined range.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/26 - Dispositifs indicateurs
  • E02F 3/43 - Commande de la position du plongeur ou de l'augeCommande de la succession des opérations d'entraînement

21.

LIQUID CONTACTORS FOR POWER SYSTEMS

      
Numéro d'application 18581546
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-20
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Hart, Matthew Alex

Abrégé

A contactor includes a housing having a chamber, a liquid media with a first fluid and a second fluid within the chamber and insoluble with each other, a conductive plate, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a mixing unit. The conductive plate is at an upper portion of the housing and is electrically connected to a lower portion of the housing. The first terminal is electrically connected with the chamber. The second terminal is connected to the lower portion. The mixing unit switches the liquid media between a mixed state and an unmixed state. In the mixed state, the fluids are mixed with each other to establish an electrical path between the terminals. In the unmixed state, the fluids are separated and immiscible with each other to disrupt the electrical path between the terminals.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01H 29/04 - ContactsRécipients pour contacts liquides
  • H01H 29/26 - Interrupteurs comportant au moins un contact liquide dans lesquels le niveau de la surface du liquide de contact est déplacé par une action centrifuge

22.

COORDINATED CONTROL OF STEERABLE ATTACHMENTS

      
Numéro d'application 18583012
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-21
Date de la première publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Bright, Christopher E.
  • Knowles, Jason Stephen
  • Smith, Sage

Abrégé

Traditionally, for certain grading tasks in which a motor grader is not suitable or available, a grader attachment, with caster wheels and a blade, may be attached to a work machine, such as a skid steer. Such systems have difficulty operating due to lateral forces on the blade. Accordingly, a steerable attachment is disclosed with ground-engaging members (e.g., wheels) that can be steered and/or driven via an attachment electronic control module, which is in communication with a machine electronic control module of the work machine. In particular, attachment electronic control module and machine electronic control module may coordinate the steering of the work machine and steerable attachment, using a feedback loop, to ensure that the steering of the work machine does not exceed the capabilities of the steerable attachment.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande
  • E02F 9/22 - Entraînements hydrauliques ou pneumatiques

23.

PACKAGED POWER INVERTER

      
Numéro d'application US2025011994
Numéro de publication 2025/174525
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-17
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Andris, Eric M.

Abrégé

A packaged power inverter (10) including a cylindrical outer housing (14) having a central longitudinal axis (40), a heatsink core (30) located within the housing (14) and having a longitudinal axis (40) aligned with the longitudinal axis (40) of the outer housing (14) and a plurality of outer planar surface portions (31). The packaged power inverter (10) further includes a plurality of electronic modules (24) each being coupled to one of the plurality of planar surface portions (31). A plurality of AC bus bars (26) are coupled to one of the plurality of planar surface portions (31). A plurality of capacitors (16) and DC bus bars (18, 20) located within the outer housing (14).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H05K 7/14 - Montage de la structure de support dans l'enveloppe, sur cadre ou sur bâti

24.

HYBRID WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR BATTERY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

      
Numéro d'application US2025012484
Numéro de publication 2025/174541
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-22
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Abney, Jeffrey
  • Kwok, Wellington Y.
  • Kilkenny, Michael J.

Abrégé

In some implementations, a first wireless receiver (122) of a battery module (104) of a battery pack (100) may receive, using a first wireless communication technology, data from a first wireless transmitter (120) of a chip-on-cell device (114) connected to a battery cell (106) of the battery module (104). The data may indicate one or more properties of the battery cell (106) detected by the chip-on-cell device (114). The first wireless receiver (122) may transfer the data to a second wireless transmitter (126) of the battery module (104). The second wireless transmitter (126) may transmit, using a second wireless communication technology, the data to a second wireless receiver (128) of a battery management system (BMS) (130) of the battery pack (100).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H04Q 9/00 - Dispositions dans les systèmes de commande à distance ou de télémétrie pour appeler sélectivement une sous-station à partir d'une station principale, sous-station dans laquelle un appareil recherché est choisi pour appliquer un signal de commande ou pour obtenir des valeurs mesurées
  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires

25.

SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ADVERSE THERMAL EVENT IN BATTERY CELL

      
Numéro d'application US2025012905
Numéro de publication 2025/174563
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-24
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Saikia, Siddartha
  • Kumar, Luvkush

Abrégé

A battery system (100) includes a battery cell (102) including a housing (104). The housing (104) includes a plurality of walls (106) that define an outer surface (110) of the housing (104). The battery system (100) also includes a sensor (200) coupled to the outer surface (110) to determine an adverse thermal event in the cell (102). The sensor (200) includes a deformable element (202) made of a shape-memory material (SMM) that has a pre-stressed shape (S1). The deformable element (202) is adapted to deform to a memorized shape (S2) from the pre-stressed shape (S1) in response to an operating temperature of the cell (102) exceeding a predefined temperature threshold for the cell (102). The memorized shape (S2) of the deformable element (202) is different from the pre-stressed shape (S1) of the deformable element (202). A deformity of the deformable element (202) to the memorized shape (S2) is indicative of the adverse thermal event in the cell (102).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte

26.

PARKING BRAKE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES WITH INDEPENDENT PARKING BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROLS AND SELF-ARRESTING DRIVE

      
Numéro d'application US2025013312
Numéro de publication 2025/174583
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-28
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Rolling, Arron G.

Abrégé

A vehicle (1) has a self-arresting drive (10) that arrests the vehicle (1) in the absence of a power command (C40), a transmission control (50) for selecting forward (F), neutral (N) or reverse (R) drive, and a parking brake control (31), e.g. an electrical switch, that is operable independently of the transmission control (50) to apply and release the parking brake (21). A control system (60) selectively enables and disables operation in forward (F) and reverse (R) drive responsive to an indication (S70) from a parking brake sensor (70), so that the drive system (10) does not supply power when the parking brake (21) is engaged. The control system (60) is arranged to detect a special command pattern (C500) comprising repeated movement of the transmission control (50) from the neutral (N) to the forward (F) or reverse (R) position within a defined time period, and to release the parking brake (21) independently of the parking brake control (31) in case the special command pattern (C500) is detected.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60T 1/06 - Aménagements des éléments de freinage, c.-à-d. des parties de ceux-ci dans lesquelles se produit l'effet de freinage en agissant par retardement des roues par action autre que sur la bande de roulement, p. ex. par action sur une jante, un tambour, un disque ou sur la transmission
  • B60T 7/08 - Organes d'attaque de la mise en action des freins par l'entremise d'une personne actionnés à la main
  • B62D 11/00 - Direction pour roues non orientablesDirection pour véhicules à chenilles ou à dispositifs similaires

27.

ROCK GUARD FOR GNSS SIGNAL AVOIDANCE

      
Numéro d'application US2025013385
Numéro de publication 2025/174591
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-28
Date de publication 2025-08-21
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Hettinger, Daniel R.
  • Thompson, Earl R.

Abrégé

A haul truck can include a frame, a traction system for moving the frame, an access platform coupled to the frame, a truck bed having a canopy extending over the access platform, an antenna support structure arranged on the access platform, the antenna support structure extending upward to support a GNSS receiver positioned proximate a front of the canopy, and a non-metallic protective barrier coupled to the canopy and positioned towards the front of the canopy and positioned to deflect objects from striking the GNSS receiver.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60P 1/28 - Structures à carrosserie basculante

28.

Duct for aftertreatment system

      
Numéro d'application 18636439
Numéro de brevet 12392272
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-04-16
Date de la première publication 2025-08-19
Date d'octroi 2025-08-19
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Biswas, Shib Shankar

Abrégé

A duct for an aftertreatment system includes a body defining a first end and a second end and a flange coupled to the body at the first end of the body. The flange defines an outer edge. The duct includes a projection coupled to and extending from the flange along a first direction. The projection and the flange lie in a same plane. The projection defines a first side edge and a second side edge that is angularly spaced apart from the first side edge. The duct is adapted to be coupled with a component of the aftertreatment system via each of the outer edge of the flange, the first side edge of the projection, and the second side edge of the projection. The component includes at least one of a diesel oxidation catalyst of the aftertreatment system and a selective catalytic reduction module of the aftertreatment system.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F01N 13/18 - Structure facilitant la fabrication, l'assemblage ou le démontage
  • F01N 3/10 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement comportant des moyens pour purifier, rendre inoffensifs ou traiter les gaz d'échappement pour rendre les gaz d'échappement inoffensifs par conversion thermique ou catalytique des composants nocifs des gaz d'échappement
  • F01N 3/20 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement comportant des moyens pour purifier, rendre inoffensifs ou traiter les gaz d'échappement pour rendre les gaz d'échappement inoffensifs par conversion thermique ou catalytique des composants nocifs des gaz d'échappement caractérisés par les méthodes d'opérationCommande spécialement adaptés à la conversion catalytique
  • F01N 13/00 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement caractérisés par les aspects de structure

29.

Spark plug

      
Numéro d'application 29920015
Numéro de brevet D1089097
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-12-07
Date de la première publication 2025-08-19
Date d'octroi 2025-08-19
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Cress, James
  • Kuhnert, Steffen

30.

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

      
Numéro d'application 29893020
Numéro de brevet D1089239
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-05-24
Date de la première publication 2025-08-19
Date d'octroi 2025-08-19
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Gangishetty, Ramya
  • Folken, Keith R.
  • Stott, Russell Loring
  • Cozad, Patrick
  • Yellichetty, Varun K.
  • Behara, Rajendra
  • Heine, Jennifer
  • Sabbavarapu, Venu Sri
  • Dautel, Caleb
  • Headley, Matthew R.
  • Callaghan, Merritt P.

31.

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

      
Numéro d'application 29814101
Numéro de brevet D1089275
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2021-11-03
Date de la première publication 2025-08-19
Date d'octroi 2025-08-19
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Howard, Mitchell B.
  • Folken, Keith R.
  • Smith, Joshua

32.

Air filter seal

      
Numéro d'application 29895441
Numéro de brevet D1089325
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-06-21
Date de la première publication 2025-08-19
Date d'octroi 2025-08-19
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Hausauer, Ryan Barry

33.

COMPRESSION PADS FOR BATTERY MODULES

      
Numéro d'application 18436082
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-08
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Steinmetz, Andrew Douglas
  • Pham, Hiep Thi-Ngoc

Abrégé

A compression pad for pressurizing an outer surface of at least one energy storage cell is disclosed. The at least one energy storage cell exhibits alternating high-pressure and low-pressure regions across the outer surface under a loading. The compression pad includes a body that defines a corrugated surface. The corrugated surface includes alternating protrusion portions and depression portions. The corrugated surface contacts the outer surface and aligns with a natural frequency of pressure distribution across the outer surface such that the protrusion portions exert relatively higher loads correspondingly on the low-pressure regions and the depression portions exert relatively lower loads correspondingly on the high-pressure regions to uniformly pressurize the outer surface under the loading.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/242 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par les propriétés physiques des boîtiers ou des bâtis, p. ex. dimensions adaptés pour protéger les batteries contre les vibrations, les collisions ou le gonflement
  • H01M 50/209 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules prismatiques ou rectangulaires
  • H01M 50/211 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules en forme de poche
  • H01M 50/218 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par le matériau
  • H01M 50/249 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports spécialement adaptés aux aéronefs ou aux véhicules, p. ex. aux automobiles ou aux trains

34.

SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURES

      
Numéro d'application 18436451
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-08
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Sergison, Daniel Peter

Abrégé

A system, for controlling a supply of a reinforcement member into a printable material extruded from a nozzle of an additive manufacturing system, includes a motor with a driveshaft defining a drive axis and an engagement portion, a feed roller mountable on the driveshaft and including a first coupler engageable with the engagement portion, an actuator including a second coupler engageable with the engagement portion, and a controller configured to actuate the motor to rotate the driveshaft about the drive axis: in a first direction to engage the engagement portion with the first coupler and transfer torque from the driveshaft to the feed roller to supply the reinforcement member into the printable material; and in a second direction to engage the engagement portion with the second coupler and transfer torque from the driveshaft to the actuator to cut-off the supply of the reinforcement member into the printable material.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B29C 64/118 - Procédés de fabrication additive n’utilisant que des matériaux liquides ou visqueux, p. ex. dépôt d’un cordon continu de matériau visqueux utilisant un matériau filamentaire mis en fusion, p. ex. modélisation par dépôt de fil en fusion [FDM]
  • B29C 64/194 - Procédés de fabrication additive impliquant des opérations supplémentaires effectuées sur les couches ajoutées, p. ex. lissage, meulage ou contrôle d’épaisseur pendant l’empilage des couches
  • B29C 64/209 - TêtesBuses
  • B29C 64/218 - Rouleaux
  • B29C 70/38 - Empilage automatisé, p. ex. utilisant des robots, par application de filaments selon des modèles prédéterminés
  • B33Y 10/00 - Procédés de fabrication additive
  • B33Y 30/00 - Appareils pour la fabrication additiveLeurs parties constitutives ou accessoires à cet effet
  • B33Y 70/10 - Composites de différents types de matériaux, p. ex. mélanges de céramiques et de polymères ou mélanges de métaux et de biomatériaux

35.

BATTERY STRING PRE-CHARGE OPERATION

      
Numéro d'application 18437998
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-09
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Sharma, Amit
  • Dongare, Avinash
  • Xu, Hua
  • Busby, Robert David

Abrégé

In some implementations, a controller may select, using one or more selection criteria, a first battery string, from multiple battery strings of a battery pack, for a pre-charge operation of the battery pack. The controller may detect a failure of the pre-charge operation via a first pre-charge circuit of the first battery string. The controller may select, using the one or more selection criteria, a second battery string, from the multiple battery strings, for the pre-charge operation based on the failure meeting one or more failure conditions. The controller may perform, via a second pre-charge circuit of the second battery string, the pre-charge operation. The controller may configure the first battery string for operation based on the pre-charge operation via the second battery string being successful.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
  • H01M 10/44 - Méthodes pour charger ou décharger
  • H01M 10/46 - Accumulateurs combinés par structure avec un appareil de charge
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte

36.

COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY SYSTEM

      
Numéro d'application 18438617
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-12
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Bell, Brian Richard
  • Ramabadhran, Krishna Prasath

Abrégé

A cooling assembly for a battery system includes an inlet system. The inlet system includes an inlet manifold, an inlet connecting tube, a first inlet connecting member defining a first surface and at least one first inlet fluid port, and a second inlet connecting member defining at least one second inlet fluid port in fluid communication with the at least one first inlet fluid port of the first inlet connecting member. The cooling assembly also includes an outlet system in fluid communication with the inlet system. The outlet system includes an outlet manifold, a first outlet connecting member defining at least one first outlet fluid port, an outlet connecting tube, and a second outlet connecting member defining at least one second outlet fluid port.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments
  • H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
  • H01M 50/209 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules prismatiques ou rectangulaires

37.

BATTERY SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS USING ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

      
Numéro d'application 18439131
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-12
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kwok, Wellington Y.
  • Sun, Jinhui
  • Abney, Jeffrey

Abrégé

A detection system for a battery pack may include one or more monitoring devices configured to detect respective response signals, responsive to an EIS input signal applied to terminals of the battery pack, for a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to the terminals. The detection system may include a controller configured to transmit, to an EIS device, data indicating the respective response signals and identifying which of the plurality of battery cells generated the respective response signals.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G01R 31/389 - Mesure de l’impédance interne, de la conductance interne ou des variables similaires
  • G01R 31/382 - Dispositions pour la surveillance de variables des batteries ou des accumulateurs, p. ex. état de charge
  • G01R 31/396 - Acquisition ou traitement de données pour le test ou la surveillance d’éléments particuliers ou de groupes particuliers d’éléments dans une batterie
  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte

38.

EXHAUST ASSEMBLY HEAT MITIGATION SYSTEM

      
Numéro d'application 18440401
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-13
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Wiebrecht, Eric Donald

Abrégé

This disclosure describes, in part, systems and structures for an exhaust assembly that includes an exhaust tube and an insulation structure surrounding the exhaust tube. The insulation structure is offset from the exhaust tube to create an air gap around the exhaust tube and the insulation structure. The air gap is used to transport forced air by a fan system to mitigate and remove heat from the exhaust tube to a disposal location. The insulation structure includes an inner shell and an outer shell that contain an insulation component to provide a reduced surface temperature during steady state operation within a threshold range.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F01N 13/14 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement caractérisés par les aspects de structure comportant une isolation thermique

39.

VERTICAL RANGE ESTIMATION FOR TIRED MACHINE

      
Numéro d'application 18440509
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-13
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dowling, Alexander Eli
  • Thompson, Brodie Lee
  • Herold, Robert A.

Abrégé

A battery electric machine configured to carry a payload includes a propulsion system, including an electric motor, configured to propel the battery electric machine; a battery module including battery terminals configured to connect to a primary battery and provide power to the propulsion system; and a processing circuit configured to calculate a total mass based on a sum of a payload mass of the payload and a machine mass of the battery electric machine. The processing circuit is further configured to monitor an existing potential energy of the primary battery, estimate a remaining upward vertical distance that the battery electric machine can travel based on a first vertical estimation algorithm, the total mass, and the existing potential energy, and estimate a remaining downward vertical distance that the battery electric machine can travel based on a second vertical estimation algorithm, the total mass, and the existing potential energy.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60L 50/60 - Propulsion électrique par source d'énergie intérieure au véhicule utilisant de la puissance de propulsion fournie par des batteries ou des piles à combustible utilisant de l'énergie fournie par des batteries
  • B60L 58/13 - Maintien de l’état de charge [SoC] à l'intérieur d'une plage déterminée
  • B60L 58/16 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction du vieillissement de la batterie, p. ex. du nombre de cycles de charge ou de l'état de santé [SoH]

40.

TECHNIQUES FOR USING AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AS SOFT STARTER FOR LARGE INDUCTIVE DEVICES

      
Numéro d'application US2025012483
Numéro de publication 2025/170757
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-22
Date de publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Gullapudi, L S N V A Vinaykumar
  • Betageri, Shraddha

Abrégé

A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) may be used to assist with the startup of large electromagnetic devices, such as including inductive loads, to reduce inrush current. By leveraging the BESS, the described techniques allow for a controlled ramp-up of voltage and frequency to emulate a Voltage/Frequency (V/f) starting method for motors and a gradual energization for transformers. This approach minimizes voltage sags and mitigates inrush currents, thereby enhancing the stability of the power system and reducing the risk of tripping protection devices.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02H 9/00 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion
  • H02J 3/40 - Synchronisation d'un générateur pour sa connexion à un réseau ou à un autre générateur
  • H02H 7/26 - Protection sectionnelle de systèmes de câbles ou de lignes, p. ex. pour déconnecter une section dans laquelle un court-circuit, un défaut à la terre, ou une décharge d'arc se sont produits
  • H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif

41.

MULTI-VOLTAGE BATTERY MANAGER

      
Numéro d'application US2025013203
Numéro de publication 2025/170779
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-27
Date de publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Narula, Swati
  • Kumari, Swati
  • Kumar, M Vijay
  • Manivannan, Aravinth
  • Johnson, Bryan

Abrégé

A battery manager for a battery is disclosed. The battery manager comprises a battery charger configured to provide a first output voltage in a first voltage range, a buck-boost direct current to direct current (DC to DC) converter switchably coupled to the battery charger, and a bypass line switchably coupled between the battery charger and the battery for bypassing the buck-boost DC to DC converter. The battery manager further comprises a controller configured to electrically route the first output voltage of the battery charger to the battery via the bypass line when a voltage requirement of the battery is within the first voltage range. The controller is further configured to electrically route the first output voltage of the battery charger to the battery via the buck-boost DC to DC converter when the voltage requirement of the battery is outside the first voltage range.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • H02J 7/04 - Régulation du courant ou de la tension de charge
  • H02M 3/158 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant continu sans transformation intermédiaire en courant alternatif par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec commande automatique de la tension ou du courant de sortie, p. ex. régulateurs à commutation comprenant plusieurs dispositifs à semi-conducteurs comme dispositifs de commande finale pour une charge unique

42.

DISSOCIATED MICROGRID CONTROLLER

      
Numéro d'application 18436168
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-08
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Chatterjee, Srideep
  • Singh, Ranjay
  • Kumar, Bantupalli Manoj
  • Sharan, Ayush

Abrégé

Microgrid control techniques that combine the benefits of both rule-based and optimizer-based approaches. The techniques are flexible enough to find optimal or near-optimal economic dispatch solutions based on real-time conditions, but that is also deterministic by always reliably calculating a result within a guaranteed timeframe. These techniques provide the optimality of optimizer methods along with the reliability of rule-based methods for microgrid control.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
  • H02J 3/14 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif pour règler la tension dans des réseaux à courant alternatif par changement d'une caractéristique de la charge du réseau par interruption, ou mise en circuit, des charges du réseau, p. ex. charge équilibrée progressivement

43.

METHOD FOR REAL-TIME HYDRAULIC CYLINDER DRIFT MONITORING

      
Numéro d'application 18436941
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-08
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Carpenter, Richard Andrew
  • Afsar, Wajahat
  • Stalin, Aravind
  • Veeramaneni, Vinay Kumar Rao

Abrégé

A method of monitoring drift in a hydraulic cylinder, including providing a work machine having an implement actuated by the hydraulic cylinder, a sensor attached to the hydraulic cylinder configured to measure a displacement of the hydraulic cylinder and a controller; identifying a cycle start of the hydraulic cylinder; identifying a cycle end of the hydraulic cylinder; calculating a drift rate of the hydraulic cylinder; determining if the drift rate is greater than a drift threshold; and if the drift rate is greater than the drift threshold, notifying service personnel that service of the hydraulic cylinder is required.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F15B 19/00 - Test des systèmes ou appareils de manœuvre utilisant la pression d'un fluide, dans la mesure où ils ne sont pas prévus ailleurs
  • F15B 21/00 - Caractéristiques communes des systèmes de manœuvre utilisant des fluidesSystèmes de manœuvre à pression ou parties constitutives de ces systèmes, non couverts par l'un quelconque des autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
  • G08B 21/18 - Alarmes de situation

44.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM

      
Numéro d'application 18441763
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-14
Date de la première publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Montgomery, David T.
  • Howard, Jeff A.

Abrégé

An aftertreatment temperature management system includes: an engine operative to combust a fuel; an aftertreatment system including an oxidation catalyst and operative to receive exhaust produced by the engine; a heat exchanger coupled to the aftertreatment system and operative to exchange heat between exhaust downstream of the oxidation catalyst and exhaust upstream of the oxidation catalyst; and an insulation at least partially enclosing the heat exchanger and the oxidation catalyst.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F01N 3/20 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement comportant des moyens pour purifier, rendre inoffensifs ou traiter les gaz d'échappement pour rendre les gaz d'échappement inoffensifs par conversion thermique ou catalytique des composants nocifs des gaz d'échappement caractérisés par les méthodes d'opérationCommande spécialement adaptés à la conversion catalytique

45.

BATTERY STRING PRE-CHARGE OPERATION

      
Numéro d'application US2025011989
Numéro de publication 2025/170740
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-17
Date de publication 2025-08-14
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Sharma, Amit
  • Dongare, Avinash
  • Xu, Hua
  • Busby, Robert D.

Abrégé

In some implementations, a controller (108) may select, using one or more selection criteria, a first battery string (114), from multiple battery strings (114) of a battery pack (100), for a pre-charge operation of the battery pack (100). The controller (108) may detect a failure of the pre-charge operation via a first pre-charge circuit (116) of the first battery string (114). The controller (108) may select, using the one or more selection criteria, a second battery string (114), from the multiple battery strings (114), for the pre-charge operation based on the failure meeting one or more failure conditions. The controller (108) may perform, via a second pre-charge circuit (116) of the second battery string (114), the pre-charge operation. The controller (108) may configure the first battery string (114) for operation based on the pre-charge operation via the second battery string (114) being successful.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • B60L 58/21 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries de plusieurs modules de batterie ayant la même tension nominale
  • H01M 10/44 - Méthodes pour charger ou décharger
  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires

46.

Transmission shifter handle

      
Numéro d'application 29894221
Numéro de brevet D1087846
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2023-06-07
Date de la première publication 2025-08-12
Date d'octroi 2025-08-12
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dunaway, Aaron L.
  • Johnson, Terril J.
  • Ritchie, Christian D.

47.

PROPULSION POWER CONTROL IN ELECTRICAL WORK MACHINES

      
Numéro d'application 18430699
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-02
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Schneider, Karl P.
  • Lane, Cameron T.
  • Olson, Andrew

Abrégé

A power delivery control apparatus for work machines that derive propulsion power from electrical power sources during a work task includes data processor circuitry and power controller circuitry. The data processor circuitry is constructed to accept a data set indicating a propulsion power requirement for performing the work task and to generate power delivery limit data from the data set. The power delivery limit data defines a propulsion power delivery limit on the propulsion power derived from the electrical power sources during the work task. The power controller circuitry of a distinguishably identifiable work machine is communicatively coupled to the data processor circuitry and constructed to accept the power delivery limit data from the data processor circuitry and to enforce the propulsion power delivery limit during performance of the work task.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande

48.

WEAR MEMBER HAVING DOUBLE SCOOP-RIB

      
Numéro d'application 18431221
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-02
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Villarreal, Josiah Ines
  • Brewer, Caroline Marie

Abrégé

A wear member has a body that includes a tip extending from the front surface to a tip end, and an attachment portion extending from the tip end to the rear surface. The wear member has a top outer surface and a bottom outer surface. The top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend from the rear surface and converge towards the front surface. The wear member has first and second side outer surfaces extending between the top outer surface and the bottom outer surface. The wear member also has an upper scoop extending into the body from the top outer surface towards the bottom outer surface, and a lower scoop extending into the body from the bottom outer surface towards the top outer surface. Further, the wear member has a rib disposed within at least one of the upper scoop and the lower scoop.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/28 - Petites pièces métalliques pour éléments de creusement, p. ex. dents

49.

WEAR MEMBER HAVING CURVED WALL SCRATCHING TIP PORTION

      
Numéro d'application 18431292
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-02
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Villarreal, Josiah Ines
  • Brewer, Caroline Marie
  • Sinn, Eric Thomas
  • Serrurier, Douglas Charles

Abrégé

A wear member has a body extending from a front surface to a rear surface disposed generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The body defines a mid-plane that is perpendicular to the rear surface and includes the longitudinal axis. The front surface is disposed on one side of the mid-plane. The wear member has a top outer surface and a bottom outer surface. The top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend from the rear surface and converge at the front surface. The wear member includes first and second side outer surfaces disposed about the longitudinal axis and that extend from the rear surface to the front surface. The wear member includes a rib protruding from the top outer surface and a scoop extending into the body from the bottom outer surface towards the top outer surface.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/28 - Petites pièces métalliques pour éléments de creusement, p. ex. dents

50.

MULTI-VOLTAGE BATTERY MANAGER

      
Numéro d'application 18433594
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-06
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Narula, Swati
  • Kumari, Swati
  • Kumar, M Vijay
  • Manivannan, Aravinth
  • Johnson, Bryan

Abrégé

A battery manager for a battery is disclosed. The battery manager comprises a battery charger configured to provide a first output voltage in a first voltage range, a buck-boost direct current to direct current (DC to DC) converter switchably coupled to the battery charger, and a bypass line switchably coupled between the battery charger and the battery for bypassing the buck-boost DC to DC converter. The battery manager further comprises a controller configured to electrically route the first output voltage of the battery charger to the battery via the bypass line when a voltage requirement of the battery is within the first voltage range. The controller is further configured to electrically route the first output voltage of the battery charger to the battery via the buck-boost DC to DC converter when the voltage requirement of the battery is outside the first voltage range.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries

51.

INSPECTION TOOL

      
Numéro d'application US2024053854
Numéro de publication 2025/165424
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-10-31
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Massey, Andrew James
  • Bignell, Alexander Stanley
  • Moore, Frederick Myles

Abrégé

The present disclosure relates to an inspection tool for a machine having a telescopic boom, such as a telehandler, for checking one or more aspects of the boom, including at least two boom sections and the boom extension. The inspection tool has a body configured to provide at least one gauge for checking the chain slack of at least one boom extension chain and at least one of the chain height and/or chain pitch of a boom extension chain, and/or a wear pad gap between a wear pad and a boom section.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G01B 3/30 - Barres, blocs, ou bandes où la distance entre deux faces est fixe, mais peut être réglée à l'avance, p. ex. calibres de longueur, calibres d'épaisseur
  • G01B 3/34 - Bagues ou autres calibres à ouverture, p. ex. calibres à tolérances maxima et minima
  • G01B 3/50 - Calibres à tampon pour les dimensions intérieures avec des surfaces de contact dont l'écartement est fixe, mais peut être réglé à l'avance du type calibre à limitation, c.-à-d. calibre à tolérances maxima et minima
  • G01B 5/06 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques mécaniques pour mesurer la longueur, la largeur ou l'épaisseur pour mesurer l'épaisseur
  • G01B 5/16 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques mécaniques pour mesurer une distance ou une marge entre des objets ou des ouvertures espacés entre une succession d'objets ou d'ouvertures régulièrement espacés
  • B66C 15/00 - Mécanismes de sécurité
  • B66C 23/70 - Flèches assemblées à partir de sections séparées pour former des flèches de différentes longueurs
  • B66C 23/88 - Mécanisme de sécurité

52.

FUSE GROUP ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONVERTER ASSEMBLY

      
Numéro d'application US2024058772
Numéro de publication 2025/165455
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-06
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Bandaru, Raghu
  • Wigg, Jason Prakash
  • Bro, William Medard
  • Babu, Sureshkumar
  • Berning, Beau James

Abrégé

A fuse group assembly (50) may include a first bus bar (52), a second bus bar (54) in a stepped arrangement with the first bus bar (52), a first support plate (60) arranged on the second bus bar (54), a second support plate (62) in a stepped arrangement with the first support plate (60), a first fuse (56) having a first end electrically connected to the first bus bar (52) and a second end supported by the first support plate (60), and a second fuse (58) having a first end electrically connected to the second bus bar (54) and a second end supported by the second support plate (62).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01H 85/02 - Dispositifs de protection dans lesquels le courant circule à travers un organe en matière fusible et est interrompu par déplacement de la matière fusible lorsqu'il devient excessif Détails
  • H01H 85/15 - Contacts à vis
  • H01H 85/157 - Contacts d'extrémité en forme de virole
  • H01H 85/20 - Socles pour supporter le fusibleLeurs pièces détachées
  • H01H 85/22 - Organes intermédiaires ou auxiliaires destinés à porter, tenir ou retenir le fusible, coopérant avec le socle ou le support fixe, pouvant être enlevés de celui-ci pour renouveler le fusible
  • H02M 1/00 - Détails d'appareils pour transformation
  • H05K 7/14 - Montage de la structure de support dans l'enveloppe, sur cadre ou sur bâti
  • H02M 7/48 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif sans possibilité de réversibilité par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande
  • B60R 16/03 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique

53.

PISTON HAVING BAFFLE RING FOR LIMITING ABNORMAL COMBUSTION AND PISTON AND CYLINDER LINER ASSEMBLY

      
Numéro d'application US2025010169
Numéro de publication 2025/165510
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-03
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Bhoite, Siddhesh B.

Abrégé

A piston (30) in a piston and cylinder liner assembly (34) for an internal combustion engine includes a piston crown (38), and a plurality of piston rings (94,96,98,100) seated within a plurality of ring grooves (48,50,52,54) in a crown outer surface (46). The plurality of piston rings includes a baffle ring (94) seated within an uppermost ring groove (48). A plurality of pressure balancing passages (78) extend through the piston crown each from a first opening (80) formed in an uppermost land (64) to a second opening (82) formed in a second land (66). The baffle ring may be a non-loaded ring structured to prevent oil droplets from entering a cylinder and causing abnormal combustion. In an embodiment, a shielding wall (106) projects axially from an annular rim (42) of the piston to prevent entry of oil not deflected by the baffle ring.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F16J 1/09 - PistonsPistons à fourreauPlongeurs comprenant des moyens de guidage des fluides

54.

WEAR MEMBER HAVING DOUBLE SCOOP‑RIB

      
Numéro d'application US2025011999
Numéro de publication 2025/165587
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-17
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Villarreal, Josiah I.
  • Brewer, Caroline M.

Abrégé

A wear member (26) has a body (44) that includes a tip portion (80) extending from the front surface to a tip end (84), and an attachment portion (82) extending from the tip end to the rear surface. The wear member has a top outer surface (86) and a bottom outer surface (88). The top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend from the rear surface and converge towards the front surface. The wear member has first and second side outer surfaces (90, 92) extending between the top outer surface and the bottom outer surface. The wear member also has an upper scoop (130) extending into the body from the top outer surface towards the bottom outer surface, and a lower (150) scoop extending into the body from the bottom outer surface towards the top outer surface. Further, the wear member has a rib (134, 154) disposed within at least one of the upper scoop and the lower scoop.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/28 - Petites pièces métalliques pour éléments de creusement, p. ex. dents

55.

PROPULSION POWER CONTROL IN ELECTRICAL WORK MACHINES

      
Numéro d'application US2025012011
Numéro de publication 2025/165588
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-17
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Schneider, Karl P.
  • Lane, Cameron T.
  • Olson, Andrew

Abrégé

PPPPPPP) derived from the electrical power sources (115) during the work task. The power controller circuitry (327) of a distinguishably identifiable work machine (11) is communicatively coupled to the data processor circuitry (354) and constructed to accept the power delivery limit data (426, 514, 616, 726) from the data processor circuitry (354) and to enforce the propulsion power delivery limit (426, 514, 616, 726) during performance of the work task.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60L 50/60 - Propulsion électrique par source d'énergie intérieure au véhicule utilisant de la puissance de propulsion fournie par des batteries ou des piles à combustible utilisant de l'énergie fournie par des batteries
  • B60L 1/00 - Fourniture de l'énergie électrique à l'équipement auxiliaire des véhicules à traction électrique

56.

REPOSE-OPTIMIZED MATERIAL STOCKPILING TOOL PATH

      
Numéro d'application 18429518
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-01
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Currier, Shaun David

Abrégé

A method and system for controlling a machine to adjust the angle of repose of a material pile by receiving, by one or more processors and from sensors, measurements of geometric characteristics of a material pile; determining an actual angle of repose for the pile; identifying properties of the material; determining, by the one or more processors, a target angle of repose for the material pile according to the one or more material properties; determining an optimized travel path for a tool through the material pile, according to the actual and target angle of repose; and causing the tool to be actuated along the optimized travel path, wherein the tool engages and lifts a portion of the material to a top of the material pile such that the remaining material of the material pile has an angle of repose that is substantially equal to the target angle of repose.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/26 - Dispositifs indicateurs
  • E02F 3/43 - Commande de la position du plongeur ou de l'augeCommande de la succession des opérations d'entraînement

57.

TECHNIQUES FOR USING AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AS SOFT STARTER FOR LARGE INDUCTIVE DEVICES

      
Numéro d'application 18432399
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-05
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Gullapudi, L S N V A Vinaykumar
  • Betageri, Shraddha

Abrégé

A Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) may be used to assist with the startup of large electromagnetic devices, such as including inductive loads, to reduce inrush current. By leveraging the BESS, the described techniques allow for a controlled ramp-up of voltage and frequency to emulate a Voltage/Frequency (V/f) starting method for motors and a gradual energization for transformers. This approach minimizes voltage sags and mitigates inrush currents, thereby enhancing the stability of the power system and reducing the risk of tripping protection devices.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02H 9/00 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion
  • H02H 1/04 - Dispositions pour prévenir la réponse à des conditions transitoires anormales, p. ex. à la foudre
  • H02H 7/04 - Circuits de protection de sécurité spécialement adaptés aux machines ou aux appareils électriques de types particuliers ou pour la protection sectionnelle de systèmes de câble ou de ligne, et effectuant une commutation automatique dans le cas d'un changement indésirable des conditions normales de travail pour transformateurs

58.

Fuel Cell Electric Power System and Method Having Heat Exchanger Bypass

      
Numéro d'application 18432416
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-05
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Lusardi, Christopher D.
  • Wang, Paul S.

Abrégé

An electric power system includes a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack, and a charge air system having an air compressor and an exhaust turbine for conveying pressurized air to and receiving exhaust from the fuel cell stack. The electric power system also includes a temperature control system having a bypass conduit, and a diverter valve structured to divert pressurized intake air or exhaust around the heat exchanger in a bypass path. The strategy improves charge air system efficiency and can mitigate concerns such as turbine inlet icing when a temperature difference between a compressor outlet temperature and a turbine inlet temperature is less than a threshold temperature difference.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 8/0432 - TempératureTempérature ambiante
  • H01M 8/04014 - Échange de chaleur par des fluides gazeuxÉchange de chaleur par combustion des réactifs
  • H01M 8/04082 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p. ex. de la pression ou de la concentration
  • H01M 8/04111 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p. ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux utilisant un assemblage turbine compresseur
  • H01M 8/04119 - Dispositions pour la commande des paramètres des réactifs, p. ex. de la pression ou de la concentration des réactifs gazeux avec apport simultané ou évacuation simultanée d’électrolyteHumidification ou déshumidification
  • H01M 8/04746 - PressionDébit

59.

PASSIVE CELL BALANCING WITH ADAPTIVE PARALLEL BALANCING CIRCUITS

      
Numéro d'application 18433838
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-02-06
Date de la première publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Dongare, Avinash P.
  • Balakrishnan, Bharath
  • Raghupathy, Murali K.

Abrégé

An apparatus includes a battery pack having a plurality of modules, the plurality of modules including a plurality of cells. The apparatus further includes a battery management system (BMS) within the battery pack configured to communicate with one or more signal conditioning devices, the one or more signal conditioning devices each associated with one of the plurality of modules and configured to measure characteristics of cells of an associated module against a threshold. The apparatus further includes a circuit associated with at least one of the plurality of modules. The circuit includes a first cell in series with at least a first resistive element and a second cell in series with at least a second resistive element. The signal conditioning device associated with the circuit is configured to cause the first cell to discharge through the first resistive element and the second resistive element.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
  • H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte

60.

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

      
Numéro d'application US2024059698
Numéro de publication 2025/165466
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-12
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Bellingham, Sarah Helen

Abrégé

An internal combustion engine (10) comprising a cylinder head (11), a piston (20) and an engine block (12). The piston (20) is slideably mounted in a cylinder bore (16) in the engine block (12) or a cylinder liner (14) therein for reciprocating between a top dead centre (TDC) at a top of the cylinder bore (16) and a bottom dead centre at a bottom of the cylinder bore (16). The cylinder bore (16) comprises a cylinder wall (15) and at least one pocket (40) is recessed into the cylinder wall (15) for controlling the flow of oil during reciprocation of the piston (20).

Classes IPC  ?

  • F02F 1/20 - Autres cylindres caractérisés par des particularités de structures en vue de la lubrification

61.

MANIFOLD FOR FUEL CELL STACKS

      
Numéro d'application US2024060703
Numéro de publication 2025/165486
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-18
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Basavaraj, Chethan K.
  • Kalyanarangan, Balaji
  • Ravi, Prakash P.
  • Pierpont, David A.

Abrégé

A manifold (130) for routing an operational fluid towards a first group (104) of first fuel cell stacks (106) and a second group (110) of second fuel cell stacks (108). The manifold (130) includes a body (146) defining an inlet passageway (148) and an outlet passageway (160). The inlet passageway (148) defines an inlet (150) for the operational fluid, an inlet header channel (152) extending from the inlet (150), a plurality of inlet conduits (154, 154', 154") fluidly branching out from the inlet header channel (152). Each inlet conduit (154) defines a first fluid inflow port (156) and a second fluid inflow port (158) for routing the operational fluid. The outlet passageway (160) defines an outlet (162) for the used operational fluid, an outlet header channel (164) extending from the outlet (162), a plurality of outlet conduits (166, 166', 166") fluidly branching out from the outlet header channel (164). Each outlet conduit (166) defines a first fluid outflow port (168) and a second fluid outflow port (170) for providing an exit passage to the used operational fluid.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 8/2465 - Détails des groupements d'éléments à combustible
  • H01M 8/2483 - Détails des groupements d'éléments à combustible caractérisés par les collecteurs d’admission internes
  • H01M 8/249 - Groupement d'éléments à combustible, p. ex. empilement d'éléments à combustible comprenant plusieurs groupements d'éléments à combustible, p. ex. ensembles modulaires

62.

WEAR MEMBER HAVING CURVED WALL SCRATCHING TIP PORTION

      
Numéro d'application US2025012338
Numéro de publication 2025/165602
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-21
Date de publication 2025-08-07
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Villarreal, Josiah Ines
  • Brewer, Caroline Marie
  • Sinn, Eric Thomas
  • Serrurier, Douglas Charles

Abrégé

A wear member (26) has a body (44) extending from a front surface (52) to a rear surface (54) disposed generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis (56). The body defines a mid‑plane (58) that is perpendicular to the rear surface and includes the longitudinal axis. The front surface is disposed on one side of the mid-plane. The wear member has a top outer surface (86) and a bottom outer surface (88). The top outer surface and the bottom outer surface extend from the rear surface and converge at the front surface. The wear member includes first and second side outer surfaces (90, 92) disposed about the longitudinal axis and that extend from the rear surface to the front surface. The wear member includes a rib (94) protruding from the top outer surface and a scoop (96) extending into the body from the bottom outer surface towards the top outer surface.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/28 - Petites pièces métalliques pour éléments de creusement, p. ex. dents

63.

Exhaust manifold assembly for internal combustion engine

      
Numéro d'application 18736846
Numéro de brevet 12378906
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-06-07
Date de la première publication 2025-08-05
Date d'octroi 2025-08-05
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Karim, Md Anwarul
  • Hu, Zhengfei
  • Brown, Ryan M.

Abrégé

Examples include an exhaust manifold assembly for an internal combustion engine, the exhaust manifold assembly optionally including: an inner housing configured to receive an exhaust gas from a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine; an outer housing receiving at least a portion of the inner housing, wherein the outer housing is configured to receive a coolant flow that passes over the at least the portion of the inner housing; and a plurality of manifold flanges coupled to the outer housing and configured to mount on the cylinder head, wherein at least one of the plurality of manifold flanges has a sleeve portion forming a passage that receives a part of the inner housing therein and receives the coolant flow.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F01N 3/04 - Silencieux ou dispositifs d'échappement comportant des moyens pour purifier, rendre inoffensifs ou traiter les gaz d'échappement pour refroidir ou pour enlever les constituants solides des gaz d'échappement au moyen de liquides

64.

Optimized high-speed cylinder pressure data retrieval and reporting

      
Numéro d'application 18658452
Numéro de brevet 12379285
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-05-08
Date de la première publication 2025-08-05
Date d'octroi 2025-08-05
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Neaville, Andrew Jordon
  • Graziano, Michael Todd
  • Thate, Jeffrey Michael
  • Lau, Erik Alexander
  • Parker, John D.

Abrégé

A machine includes an engine that includes a plurality of cylinders, one or more controllers, and a monitoring and reporting module. The monitoring and reporting module receives, from the one or more controllers, and via a first data link of the machine, cylinder pressure data associated with the plurality of cylinders and stores the cylinder pressure data in a data structure. The monitoring and reporting module receives, from the one or more controllers, and via a second data link of the machine, operational information associated with the engine and determines, based on the operational information, that one or more trigger criteria are satisfied. The monitoring and reporting module generates, based on determining that the one or more trigger criteria are satisfied, a data file that includes a portion of the cylinder pressure data and transmits the data file to a device not included in the machine.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F02D 41/22 - Dispositifs de sécurité ou d'avertissement en cas de conditions anormales
  • G01M 15/08 - Test des moteurs à combustion interne par contrôle de la pression dans les cylindres
  • G01M 15/11 - Test des moteurs à combustion interne par détection des défauts d'allumage
  • H04L 12/40 - Réseaux à ligne bus

65.

System for securing tanks to mobile machines

      
Numéro d'application 18817339
Numéro de brevet 12377727
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-08-28
Date de la première publication 2025-08-05
Date d'octroi 2025-08-05
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Brames, Aaron M.
  • Lawson, Sean David

Abrégé

An assembly, for securing a tank to a tank mount of a mobile machine, includes a band clamp surrounding a periphery of the tank, a mounting block coupled to the band clamp, and a bracket. The mounting block includes first mounting holes defined in a first surface and second mounting holes defined in a second surface that is angled relative to the first surface by a first angle. The bracket includes a first portion coupled to the tank mount and a second portion coupled to the first portion and angled relative to the first portion by a second angle. The mounting block is engaged with the first portion of the bracket, via the first mounting holes, to set a tension of the band clamp. In addition, the mounting block is engaged with the second portion of the bracket, via the second mounting holes, to support a load of the tank.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60K 15/07 - Montage des réservoirs des réservoirs à gaz

66.

Systems and methods for extra-stroke engine cycle operation

      
Numéro d'application 18654850
Numéro de brevet 12378910
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-05-03
Date de la première publication 2025-08-05
Date d'octroi 2025-08-05
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Mcdonald, John R.
  • Tanis, Derek A.

Abrégé

In one instance, disclosed herein is a controller configured for operating an engine in an extra-stroke mode, the controller comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic control module to generate commands for operations including: transitioning operation of the engine from a four-stroke mode to the extra-stroke mode or from the extra-stroke mode to the four-stroke mode, wherein the four-stroke mode includes an intake stroke, a compression stroke, a power stroke, and an exhaust stroke, and wherein the extra-stroke mode includes at least six strokes of a piston disposed within a combustion chamber of an engine cylinder of the engine, during which an exhaust valve of the engine cylinder is opened only once, during or immediately preceding a final upward stroke of the at least six strokes.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F02D 13/02 - Réglage de la puissance du moteur par variation des caractéristiques de fonctionnement de la soupape d'admission ou de la soupape d'échappement, p. ex. réglage de la durée d'admission ou d'échappement pendant la marche du moteur
  • F02B 75/02 - Moteurs caractérisés par leurs cycles, p. ex. à six temps
  • F02D 41/40 - Commande de l'injection de combustible du type à haute pression avec des moyens pour commander la synchronisation ou la durée de l'injection
  • F02D 41/38 - Commande de l'injection de combustible du type à haute pression

67.

STARTUP CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE

      
Numéro d'application 18423571
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-26
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Zhang, Yanchai
  • Beyene, Shiferaw Damtie
  • Lu, Yifeng
  • Dong, Zhaoxu
  • Walton, Kyle B.
  • Borgeson, Jon B.
  • Warning, Kenneth E.

Abrégé

A startup condition monitoring device may have a sensor module for detecting at least one control parameter of a machine. The device may have a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to the sensor module, the data acquisition unit being configured to receive the at least one control parameter from the sensor module, store the at least one control parameter, and transmit the at least one control parameter to a processor communicatively coupled to the data acquisition unit. The processor may be configured to: determine a performance standard for the machine using a physics-based model and historical data; adjust the performance standard using a machine learning model and additional historical data to account for at least one variation; generate at least one calculated parameter based on the adjusted performance standard; and display a startup health indicating at least one startup condition based on the determined at least one calculated parameter.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60L 53/80 - Remplacement d'éléments d’emmagasinage d'énergie, p. ex. batteries amovibles
  • B60L 58/16 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction du vieillissement de la batterie, p. ex. du nombre de cycles de charge ou de l'état de santé [SoH]

68.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOCOMOTIVE

      
Numéro d'application 18423600
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-26
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • S, Arshad Ahamed
  • Palanisamy, Karthik
  • Gadgil, Kapil Jagdish

Abrégé

A system for controlling a locomotive includes a display device and a controller. The display device is configured to receive a braking information to halt the locomotive from a back-office and display a notification regarding the braking information. The controller is configured to receive the braking information from the back-office to halt the locomotive, determine if a pilot present in the locomotive has any one of responded to the notification displayed on the display device within a predetermined time duration and accepted transmission of an intended braking command, by the controller, to a braking system of the locomotive to halt the locomotive, and transmit a braking command to the braking system of the locomotive to halt the locomotive if the pilot has any one of not responded to the notification within the predetermined time duration and accepted transmission of the intended braking command to the braking system.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B61L 15/00 - Indicateurs de signalisation sur le véhicule ou sur le train

69.

BRAKING CONTROL FOR MACHINE DESCENT

      
Numéro d'application 18425374
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-29
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Schneider, Karl P.
  • Waldia, Mahendra S.
  • Skalet, Joel L.
  • Olson, Andrew J.

Abrégé

A system for controlling a machine includes a machine configured to travel down a slope, the machine having a braking system, a sensor configured to generate a signal that indicates travel speed of the machine or a weight of the machine, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the travel speed signal, estimate a rolling resistance of the machine, the rolling resistance being affected by a surface on which the machine travels, update the rolling resistance of the machine over time, and set an amount of braking based on the signal and the rolling resistance estimate.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60W 50/04 - Détails des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier pour surveiller le fonctionnement du système d'aide à la conduite
  • B60W 40/10 - Calcul ou estimation des paramètres de fonctionnement pour les systèmes d'aide à la conduite de véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier liés au mouvement du véhicule
  • B60W 40/13 - Charge ou masse
  • B60W 50/00 - Détails des systèmes d'aide à la conduite des véhicules routiers qui ne sont pas liés à la commande d'un sous-ensemble particulier
  • B60W 60/00 - Systèmes d’aide à la conduite spécialement adaptés aux véhicules routiers autonomes

70.

MANIFOLD FOR FUEL CELL STACKS

      
Numéro d'application 18427928
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-31
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Basavaraj, Chethan Koralagundi
  • Kalyanarangan, Balaji
  • Ravi, Prakash Prashanth
  • Pierpont, David A.

Abrégé

A manifold for routing an operational fluid towards a first group of first fuel cell stacks and a second group of second fuel cell stacks. The manifold includes a body defining an inlet passageway and an outlet passageway. The inlet passageway defines an inlet for the operational fluid, an inlet header channel extending from the inlet, a plurality of inlet conduits fluidly branching out from the inlet header channel. Each inlet conduit defines a first fluid inflow port and a second fluid inflow port for routing the operational fluid. The outlet passageway defines an outlet for the used operational fluid, an outlet header channel extending from the outlet, a plurality of outlet conduits fluidly branching out from the outlet header channel. Each outlet conduit defines a first fluid outflow port and a second fluid outflow port for providing an exit passage to the used operational fluid.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 8/2484 - Détails des groupements d'éléments à combustible caractérisés par les collecteurs d’admission externes
  • H01M 8/249 - Groupement d'éléments à combustible, p. ex. empilement d'éléments à combustible comprenant plusieurs groupements d'éléments à combustible, p. ex. ensembles modulaires

71.

PORT-INJECTED ENGINE HAVING FUEL DISTRIBUTOR FOR REDUCED BIAS IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION

      
Numéro d'application 18428293
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-31
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Svensson, Kenth I.
  • Anders, Jonathan W.
  • Barnes, William
  • Collins, Jessie Marie

Abrégé

An engine system includes an engine housing including a plurality of intake valve openings, an intake port extending to the plurality of intake valve openings and an injector bore extending to the intake port. The engine system also includes a fuel system having a port fuel injector, and a fuel distributor having a baffle wall. The baffle wall extends into the intake port and extends at least partially around a fuel spray axis, forming a fuel channel and having at least one of a circumferentially varied porosity or an axially varied cross sectional area. The baffle wall shields fuel spray of an injected fuel such as methanol to limit a bias in distribution of fuel among the plurality of intake valve openings.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F02M 61/14 - Disposition des injecteurs par rapport aux moteursMontage des injecteurs
  • F02M 35/10 - Tubulures d'admission de l'airSystèmes d'introduction
  • F02M 69/04 - Injecteurs particuliers à cet effet

72.

BATTERY OPTIMAL DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL

      
Numéro d'application 18428457
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-31
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Schneider, Karl P.

Abrégé

A system for cooling a battery of an electric machine can include a controller, a battery system coupled to the controller, and a cooling system coupled to the controller and configured to cool the battery system, wherein, the controller is configured to dynamically adjust a battery cooling system temperature set point or cooling demand based on a condition of the battery system and an application environment.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
  • G01R 31/367 - Logiciels à cet effet, p. ex. pour le test des batteries en utilisant une modélisation ou des tables de correspondance
  • G01R 31/374 - Dispositions pour le test, la mesure ou la surveillance de l’état électrique d’accumulateurs ou de batteries, p. ex. de la capacité ou de l’état de charge avec des moyens pour corriger la mesure en fonction de la température ou du vieillissement
  • G01R 31/382 - Dispositions pour la surveillance de variables des batteries ou des accumulateurs, p. ex. état de charge
  • G01R 31/392 - Détermination du vieillissement ou de la dégradation de la batterie, p. ex. état de santé
  • G01R 31/396 - Acquisition ou traitement de données pour le test ou la surveillance d’éléments particuliers ou de groupes particuliers d’éléments dans une batterie
  • H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
  • H01M 10/633 - Systèmes de commande caractérisés par des algorithmes, des diagrammes, des détails de logiciel ou similaires
  • H01M 10/635 - Systèmes de commande basés sur la température ambiante
  • H01M 10/6551 - Surfaces spécialement adaptées à la dissipation de la chaleur ou à la radiation, p. ex. nervures ou revêtements

73.

Electrical Connector Assembly

      
Numéro d'application 19039483
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-01-28
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Dowling, Alexander

Abrégé

An electrical connector assembly for establishing an electrical connection includes an electrical connector adapted to couple with an electrical component. The electrical connector includes at least one connector plate. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of connecting terminals disposed in the at least one connector plate. The electrical connector further includes a cooling circuit disposed around one or more of the plurality of connecting terminals. The cooling circuit includes one or more fluid passages. The one or more fluid passages are adapted to receive a fluid flow to cool the at least one connector plate.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01R 13/00 - Détails de dispositifs de couplage des types couverts par les groupes ou
  • B60L 53/80 - Remplacement d'éléments d’emmagasinage d'énergie, p. ex. batteries amovibles
  • H01R 13/533 - Socles ou boîtiers conçus pour l'emploi dans des conditions extrêmes, p. ex. haute température, rayonnements, vibrations, environnement corrosif, pression

74.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND VISUALIZING GNSS AVAILABILITY WITHIN AN OPERATIONAL AREA

      
Numéro d'application US2024060895
Numéro de publication 2025/159862
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-19
Date de publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Pyke, Sandy
  • Pugh, Nathan
  • Peck, Jonathan P.

Abrégé

In one instance, disclosed herein is a method for providing a GNSS future coverage map (208), the method comprising: receiving worksite geography data (206) associated with a worksite (100) and satellite ephemeris data (207) associated with a future time period; determining, based at least in part on the worksite geography data (206) and the satellite ephemeris data (207) associated with the future time period, GNSS coverage of the worksite (100) throughout the future time period; generating a future coverage map (208) representing the GNSS coverage of the worksite (100) throughout the future time period; and causing a graphical user interface (110) (GUI) to display the future coverage map (208).

Classes IPC  ?

  • G01S 19/08 - Éléments coopérantsInteraction ou communication entre les différents éléments coopérants ou entre les éléments coopérants et les récepteurs fournissant des informations d'intégrité, p. ex. la santé des satellites ou la qualité des éphémérides
  • G01S 19/24 - Acquisition ou poursuite des signaux émis par le système

75.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOCOMOTIVE

      
Numéro d'application US2025010166
Numéro de publication 2025/159886
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-03
Date de publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • S, Arshad A.
  • Palanisamy, Karthik
  • Gadgil, Kapil J.

Abrégé

A system (200) for controlling a locomotive (102) includes a display device (206) and a controller (204). The display device (206) is configured to receive a braking information (I2) to halt the locomotive (102) from a back-office (116) and display a notification (N1) regarding the braking information (I2). The controller (204) is configured to receive the braking information (I2) from the back-office (116) to halt the locomotive (102), determine if a pilot (124) present in the locomotive (102) has any one of responded to the notification (N1) displayed on the display device (206) within a predetermined time duration and accepted transmission of an intended braking command, by the controller (204), to a braking system (112) of the locomotive (102) to halt the locomotive (102), and transmit a braking command (C1) to the braking system (112) of the locomotive (102) to halt the locomotive (102) if the pilot (124) has any one of not responded to the notification (N1) within the predetermined time duration and accepted transmission of the intended braking command to the braking system (112).

Classes IPC  ?

  • B61L 15/00 - Indicateurs de signalisation sur le véhicule ou sur le train
  • B61L 27/20 - Commande côté voie de la sécurité du déplacement d'un véhicule ou d'un train , p. ex. calcul des courbes de freinage

76.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND VISUALIZING GNSS AVAILABILITY WITHIN AN OPERATIONAL AREA

      
Numéro d'application 18422640
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-25
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Pyke, Sandy
  • Pugh, Nathan
  • Peck, Jonathan P.

Abrégé

In one instance, disclosed herein is a method for providing a GNSS future coverage map, the method comprising: receiving worksite geography data associated with a worksite and satellite ephemeris data associated with a future time period; determining, based at least in part on the worksite geography data and the satellite ephemeris data associated with the future time period, GNSS coverage of the worksite throughout the future time period; generating a future coverage map representing the GNSS coverage of the worksite throughout the future time period; and causing a graphical user interface (GUI) to display the future coverage map.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G01S 19/27 - Acquisition ou poursuite des signaux émis par le système création, prévision ou correction des éphémérides ou des almanachs au sein du récepteur
  • G01S 19/14 - Récepteurs spécialement adaptés pour des applications spécifiques

77.

COATED WEAR SLEEVE FOR DYNAMIC SHAFT

      
Numéro d'application 18423526
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-26
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Zanoria, Elmer Sanchez
  • Harmeyer, Keith
  • Smith, Daniel Joshua
  • Rajtora, Iii, Otto James
  • Jensen, Jeff A.

Abrégé

An example shaft, such as a crankshaft, has a coated wear sleeve disposed thereon. The coating on the wear sleeve provides tribological and/or mechanical benefits. The coating has a lower coefficient of kinetic friction than a conventional wear sleeve. The coating may further have a relatively high hardness. The coating may include a diamond like carbon (DLC) film or a metal-doped DLC (Me-DLC) film, such as tungsten (W)-doped DLC (W-DLC) film. The coating may be deposited on a bulk portion of the wear sleeve using physical vapor deposition (PVD) or similar processes. The coated wear sleeve is configured to engage and make contact with a static seal. The static seal includes elements that make contact with the coated wear sleeve while the shaft and coated wear sleeve rotate. The reduced friction, due to the coating, enhances the lifetime of the static seal.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F16J 15/3252 - Joints d'étanchéité entre deux surfaces mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre par joints élastiques, p. ex. joints toriques pourvus d’armatures ou de supports avec armatures ou supports rigides
  • F16L 57/06 - Protection des tuyaux ou d'objets de forme similaire contre les dommages ou les usures internes ou externes contre l'usure

78.

FUSE GROUP ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONVERTER ASSEMBLY

      
Numéro d'application 18429143
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-31
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Bandaru, Raghu
  • Wigg, Jason Prakash
  • Bro, William Medard
  • Babu, Sureshkumar
  • Berning, Beau James

Abrégé

A fuse group assembly may include a first bus bar, a second bus bar in a stepped arrangement with the first bus bar, a first support plate arranged on the second bus bar, a second support plate in a stepped arrangement with the first support plate, a first fuse having a first end electrically connected to the first bus bar and a second end supported by the first support plate, and a second fuse having a first end electrically connected to the second bus bar and a second end supported by the second support plate.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02B 1/18 - Dispositions ou aménagement de fusibles
  • B60R 16/03 - Circuits électriques ou circuits de fluides spécialement adaptés aux véhicules et non prévus ailleursAgencement des éléments des circuits électriques ou des circuits de fluides spécialement adapté aux véhicules et non prévu ailleurs électriques pour l'alimentation des sous-systèmes du véhicule en énergie électrique
  • H02B 1/21 - Dispositions de barres omnibus pour des dispositifs montés dans des baies et comportant des éléments débrochables

79.

ELECTRICAL ARCHITECTURE FOR BATTERY POWERED MACHINE

      
Numéro d'application 19182697
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-04-18
Date de la première publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Hendrickson, Matthew Lawrence
  • Andris, Eric M.
  • Selvey, Dustin Craig
  • Bailey, Bradley Scott
  • Strashny, Igor

Abrégé

An electrical architecture that allows power to be transferred to a battery powered machine while the machine is moving and that allows the machine to be charged while stationary.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60L 50/53 - Propulsion électrique par source d'énergie intérieure au véhicule utilisant de la puissance de propulsion fournie par des batteries ou des piles à combustible en combinaison avec une alimentation externe, p. ex. par des lignes aériennes de contact
  • B60L 1/00 - Fourniture de l'énergie électrique à l'équipement auxiliaire des véhicules à traction électrique
  • B60L 1/02 - Fourniture de l'énergie électrique à l'équipement auxiliaire des véhicules à traction électrique aux circuits de chauffage électrique
  • B60L 9/00 - Propulsion électrique par source d'énergie extérieure au véhicule
  • B60L 53/10 - Procédés de chargement de batteries spécialement adaptées aux véhicules électriquesStations de charge ou équipements de charge embarqués pour ces batteriesÉchange d'éléments d’emmagasinage d'énergie dans les véhicules électriques caractérisés par le transfert d’énergie entre la station de charge et le véhicule
  • B60L 53/22 - Détails de structure ou aménagements des convertisseurs de charge spécialement adaptés pour recharger des véhicules électriques
  • H02J 1/08 - Systèmes à trois filsSystèmes ayant plus de trois fils

80.

COATED WEAR SLEEVE FOR DYNAMIC SHAFT

      
Numéro d'application US2024060896
Numéro de publication 2025/159863
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-19
Date de publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Zanoria, Elmer Sanchez
  • Harmeyer, Keith
  • Smith, Daniel Joshua
  • Rajtora Iii, Otto James
  • Jensen, Jeff A.

Abrégé

An example shaft, such as a crankshaft (202), has a coated wear sleeve (220) disposed thereon. The coating on the wear sleeve provides tribological and/or mechanical benefits. The coating has a lower coefficient of kinetic friction than a conventional wear sleeve. The coating may further have a relatively high hardness. The coating may include a diamond like carbon (DLC) film or a metal-doped DLC (Me-DLC) film, such as tungsten (W)-doped DLC (W-DLC) film. The coating may be deposited on a bulk portion of the wear sleeve using physical vapor deposition (PVD) or similar processes. The coated wear sleeve is configured to engage and make contact with a static seal (216). The static seal includes elements that make contact with the coated wear sleeve while the shaft and coated wear sleeve rotate. The reduced friction, due to the coating, enhances the lifetime of the static seal.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F16C 3/12 - Vilebrequins formés de plusieurs parties, p. ex. réunis par soudure démontables
  • C23C 14/06 - Revêtement par évaporation sous vide, pulvérisation cathodique ou implantation d'ions du matériau composant le revêtement caractérisé par le matériau de revêtement
  • C23C 16/27 - Le diamant uniquement
  • C23C 28/04 - Revêtements uniquement de matériaux inorganiques non métalliques
  • C23C 28/00 - Revêtement pour obtenir au moins deux couches superposées, soit par des procédés non prévus dans un seul des groupes principaux , soit par des combinaisons de procédés prévus dans les sous-classes et
  • F16C 33/04 - CoussinetsBaguesGarnitures antifriction
  • F16J 15/34 - Joints d'étanchéité entre deux surfaces mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre par bague glissante pressée contre la face plus ou moins radiale d'une des deux parties

81.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CORRECT USAGE OF SEAT BELT

      
Numéro d'application US2025010167
Numéro de publication 2025/159887
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2025-01-03
Date de publication 2025-07-31
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Nadgir, Vijeendra
  • Shanavaz, Aswak
  • Kumar, Gowtham

Abrégé

A system (300) for determining correct usage of a seat belt (160) by a user on a seat (150) of a machine (100) includes an occupancy sensor (306), a seat belt sensor (308), a sensory tag (304), a first detector (310, 311), a second detector (312), and a controller (314). The controller (314) is configured to determine seat (150) occupancy based on a first signal (S1) received from the occupancy sensor (306) and also determine a coupling of a tongue (318) of the seat belt (160) with a buckle (320) based on a second signal (S2) received from the seat belt sensor (308). The controller (314) is configured to determine a correct usage of the seat belt (160) from absences of a third signal (S3) from the first detector (310, 311) and a fourth signal (S4) from the second detector (312). The controller (314) is configured to transmit a first control signal (C1) to a prime mover (120) of a machine (100) to allow starting of the prime mover (120) upon determining that the seat belt (160) is correctly used by the user.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B60R 22/48 - Systèmes de commande, alarmes, ou systèmes d'inter-verrouillage, pour assurer une utilisation correcte de la ceinture ou du harnais

82.

ACTIVE INTER-CELL BALANCING METHOD

      
Numéro d'application 18417368
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-19
Date de la première publication 2025-07-24
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kwok, Wellington Ying-Wei
  • Abney, Jeffrey T.

Abrégé

An energy cell system includes multiple energy cell strings, multiple switching modules, and a control circuit. Each of the energy cell strings includes multiple energy cells connected in series and the multiple switching modules are connected between the multiple energy cells of different energy cell strings. The control circuit is configured to detect a charge level of a first subset of one or more energy cells of a first energy cell string, activate a switching module to connect a second subset of one or more energy cells of another energy cell string to the first subset of energy cells to change the charge level of the first subset of energy cells, and deactivate the switching module in response to the change in the charge level of the first subset of energy cells.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • B60L 58/12 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries en fonction de l'état de charge [SoC]
  • B60L 58/22 - Équilibrage de la charge des modules de batterie
  • H01M 10/44 - Méthodes pour charger ou décharger
  • H01M 10/46 - Accumulateurs combinés par structure avec un appareil de charge
  • H01M 50/51 - Connexion seulement en série
  • H02J 7/34 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p. ex. batterie tampon

83.

WORK MACHINE STABILIZATION

      
Numéro d'application US2024059693
Numéro de publication 2025/155392
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-12
Date de publication 2025-07-24
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rafferty, Jonathan
  • Westbury, Aaron

Abrégé

In some implementations, a control system (126) may monitor load information of the work machine (100), the load information including: first tire pressure information of a first one or more tires (104), second tire pressure information of a second one or more tires (104), and fluid pressure information of one or more actuators (108, 110) configured to actuate the work tool (106). The control system (126) may detect a destabilization event of the work machine (100) based on: a change in tire pressure of the first one or more tires (104) satisfying a first tire pressure threshold, a change in tire pressure of the second one or more tires (104) satisfying a second tire pressure threshold, and a change in fluid pressure of the one or more actuators (108, 110) satisfying a fluid pressure threshold. The control system (126) may perform, based on detecting the destabilization event, one or more actions.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande
  • B60C 23/00 - Dispositifs pour mesurer, signaler, commander ou distribuer la pression ou la température des pneumatiques, spécialement adaptés pour être montés sur des véhiculesAgencement sur les véhicules des dispositifs de gonflage des pneumatiques, p. ex. des pompes ou des réservoirsAménagements pour refroidir les pneumatiques
  • E02F 9/24 - Dispositifs de sécurité

84.

BATTERY TOWER DESIGN FOR HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS

      
Numéro d'application US2024060684
Numéro de publication 2025/155409
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-18
Date de publication 2025-07-24
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kwok, Wellington Y.
  • Jin, Peitong

Abrégé

This disclosure describes a battery tower design (106) using pouch cell or blade cell batteries (110) to build modular towers and assemble battery units to fit within electrified heavy-duty equipment (100). The battery units are modular to enable expansion of the battery units horizontally and/or vertically to fit within irregular-shaped compartments originally intended for non-electric powertrain components. The battery towers are modular units with frames (108) for holding battery cells (110) with their width in a vertical direction and stacking the cells (110) vertically along a length of a frame (108) that includes passive and active cooling components (308, 310).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
  • H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
  • H01M 10/647 - Éléments prismatiques ou plans, p. ex. éléments de type poche
  • H01M 10/6552 - Tubes fermés transférant la chaleur par conductivité thermique ou par transition de phase, p. ex. tubes caloporteurs
  • H01M 10/6554 - Barres ou plaques
  • H01M 50/209 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules prismatiques ou rectangulaires
  • H01M 50/211 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules en forme de poche
  • H01M 50/242 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par les propriétés physiques des boîtiers ou des bâtis, p. ex. dimensions adaptés pour protéger les batteries contre les vibrations, les collisions ou le gonflement
  • H01M 50/249 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports spécialement adaptés aux aéronefs ou aux véhicules, p. ex. aux automobiles ou aux trains
  • H01M 50/258 - Batteries modulairesBoîtiers pourvus de moyens d’assemblage

85.

NOVEL VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER CONTROL FOR UNBALANCED AND NONLINEAR LOADS

      
Numéro d'application US2024060689
Numéro de publication 2025/155410
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-18
Date de publication 2025-07-24
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Illindala, Mahesh S.
  • Sunkara, Varsha
  • Han, Seok-Hee
  • Wai, Jackson
  • Gerdes, Jesse R.
  • Yu, Dachuan

Abrégé

An interface circuit to interface an energy source to a power bus of a microgrid includes a switching inverter circuit, an output filter circuit coupled between an output of the three-phase inverter circuit and the power bus, and a control circuit loop to control switching of the switching inverter circuit. The control circuit loop is coupled to the output filter circuit and the switching inverter and includes a proportional-integral oscillator-based repetitive (PIOR) controller.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
  • G05B 6/02 - Dispositions de rétroaction interne pour obtenir des caractéristiques particulières, p. ex. proportionnelles, intégrales ou différentielles électriques
  • H02J 3/32 - Dispositions pour l'équilibrage de charge dans un réseau par emmagasinage d'énergie utilisant des batteries avec moyens de conversion

86.

ACTIVE INTER-CELL BALANCING METHOD

      
Numéro d'application US2024060694
Numéro de publication 2025/155411
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-18
Date de publication 2025-07-24
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kwok, Wellington Y.
  • Abney, Jeffrey T.

Abrégé

An energy cell system includes multiple energy cell strings, multiple switching modules, and a control circuit. Each of the energy cell strings includes multiple energy cells connected in series and the multiple switching modules are connected between the multiple energy cells of different energy cell strings. The control circuit is configured to detect a charge level of a first subset of one or more energy cells of a first energy cell string, activate a switching module to connect a second subset of one or more energy cells of another energy cell string to the first subset of energy cells to change the charge level of the first subset of energy cells, and deactivate the switching module in response to the change in the charge level of the first subset of energy cells.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
  • H02J 7/34 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p. ex. batterie tampon
  • B60L 58/22 - Équilibrage de la charge des modules de batterie
  • H01M 10/44 - Méthodes pour charger ou décharger

87.

DERATING OF REMOTELY CONTROLLED WORK MACHINES BASED ON GEOCACHED CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION

      
Numéro d'application 18417450
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-19
Date de la première publication 2025-07-24
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Shatters, Aaron R.
  • Cler, Eric W.

Abrégé

When a remotely controlled work machine loses a wireless connection on a work site, operation of the work machine should be terminated for safety purposes. However, if the work machine is moving when the wireless connection is lost, the work machine will continue moving for some time due to inertia. Accordingly, embodiments predict the signal quality of a wireless connection as a work machine approaches a new geographical location. When the predicted signal quality is low, the work machine may be proactively derated before it enters the geographical location. After entering the geographical location, if the actual signal quality is significantly better than the predicted signal quality, the work machine may be rerated. The predicted signal qualities may be determined based on a signal map that is independently maintained and updated by each work machine, so as to evolve over time with the work site and the work machine.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G05D 1/80 - Dispositions visant à réagir aux défaillances du système ou d’origine humaine ou à les prévenir
  • E02F 9/20 - EntraînementsDispositifs de commande
  • G05D 1/221 - Dispositions de commande à distance
  • G05D 107/70 - Sites industriels, p. ex. entrepôts ou usines
  • G05D 111/30 - Signaux radio
  • H04B 17/318 - Force du signal reçu
  • H04W 4/021 - Services concernant des domaines particuliers, p. ex. services de points d’intérêt, services sur place ou géorepères
  • H04W 4/40 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p. ex. communication véhicule-piétons

88.

Sound-dampening panels for an engine

      
Numéro d'application 18764925
Numéro de brevet 12366150
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-07-05
Date de la première publication 2025-07-22
Date d'octroi 2025-07-22
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kabrich, Todd Ryan
  • Lee, Timothy Josiah
  • Jayaraman, Prabhu
  • He, Yuesheng

Abrégé

A hydraulic fracturing system may include a trailer having an unenclosed trailer bed, a fluid pump mounted on the unenclosed trailer bed, an engine, operably coupled to the fluid pump, mounted on the unenclosed trailer bed, and a sound-dampening system. The sound-dampening system may include a sound-dampening panel mounted on the engine. The sound-dampening panel may be configured to dampen sound produced by at least one moving part of the engine.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E21B 43/26 - Procédés pour activer la production par formation de crevasses ou de fractures
  • F01N 1/24 - Silencieux caractérisés par leur principe de fonctionnement par utilisation des matériaux absorbant le son

89.

Fuel management for dynamic gas blending disablement

      
Numéro d'application 18638406
Numéro de brevet 12366213
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-04-17
Date de la première publication 2025-07-22
Date d'octroi 2025-07-22
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Nagesh Dindgur, Manuj

Abrégé

A system and method for adjusting primary fuel, when blending of primary fuel and secondary fuel is disabled, is provided. The method includes disabling, at a blend disabling angle, blending of primary fuel and secondary fuel for the DGB; determining whether the secondary fuel has been injected for a current cycle for a cylinder prior to the blend disabling angle; in response to determining that the secondary fuel has been injected for the current cycle prior to the blend disabling angle, injecting a pilot shot of the primary fuel for the current cycle; and in response to determining that the secondary fuel has not been injected for the current cycle prior to the blend disabling angle, injecting a full shot of the primary fuel for the current cycle.

Classes IPC  ?

  • F02D 19/08 - Commande des moteurs caractérisés par l'emploi de combustible non liquide, de combustibles multiples ou de substances non combustibles ajoutées au mélange carburant particulière aux moteurs fonctionnant avec des combustibles multiples, p. ex. alternativement du fuel léger et du fuel lourd, et autres que les moteurs indifférents au combustible utilisé utilisant simultanément des combustibles multiples
  • F02D 19/06 - Commande des moteurs caractérisés par l'emploi de combustible non liquide, de combustibles multiples ou de substances non combustibles ajoutées au mélange carburant particulière aux moteurs fonctionnant avec des combustibles multiples, p. ex. alternativement du fuel léger et du fuel lourd, et autres que les moteurs indifférents au combustible utilisé
  • F02D 41/00 - Commande électrique de l'alimentation en mélange combustible ou en ses constituants

90.

SCALABLE COOLING STRUCTURE FOR A BATTERY CELL

      
Numéro d'application 18410348
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-11
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rameshbhai, Tiwari Arpan
  • Jin, Peitong
  • Gheevarghese Samuel, Richu
  • Mehta, Bhavin Nareshkumar
  • Ramabadhran, Krishna Prasath

Abrégé

A battery assembly may include a cooling sleeve having a first cooling plate with a first fluid channel defined in the first cooling plate, a second cooling plate with a second fluid channel defined in the second cooling plate, and a chamber defined between the first cooling plate and the second cooling plate. The battery assembly may include a battery cell disposed in the chamber between the first cooling plate and the second cooling plate.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/6556 - Composants solides comprenant des canaux d'écoulement ou des tubes pour un échange de chaleur
  • H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
  • H01M 10/647 - Éléments prismatiques ou plans, p. ex. éléments de type poche
  • H01M 10/6554 - Barres ou plaques
  • H01M 10/6568 - Liquides caractérisés par des circuits d'écoulement. p. ex. boucles, situés à l'extérieur des éléments ou des boîtiers des éléments
  • H01M 50/211 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules en forme de poche

91.

RIGID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD BUS BAR CARRIER AND CELL INTERCONNECT

      
Numéro d'application 18411547
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-12
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Swank, Matthew Ryan
  • Larson, Scott D.
  • Brodbeck, Jared J.
  • Murray, Trent

Abrégé

In some implementations, a battery module may include a battery stack comprising a plurality of battery cells, one or more module interconnect bus bars, and a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on the battery stack and defining a plurality of openings. The PCB may be configured as a carrier for the one or more module interconnect bus bars. The plurality of openings may be arranged such that each of the plurality of openings aligns with a terminal of each of the plurality of battery cells. The one or more module interconnect bus bars may be attached to the PCB in alignment with the plurality of openings and electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells of the battery stack.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/507 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie comprenant un arrangement de plusieurs barres omnibus réunies dans une structure de conteneur, p. ex. modules de barres omnibus
  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
  • H01M 50/519 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie comprenant des circuits imprimés
  • H01M 50/583 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour l’interruption du courant en réponse au courant, p. ex. fusibles

92.

LEAPING BUS BAR

      
Numéro d'application 18411552
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-12
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Murray, Trent
  • Swank, Matthew Ryan
  • Brodbeck, Jared J.
  • Jones, Elizabeth A.

Abrégé

In some implementations, a battery module may include a battery stack with a plurality of battery cells, a leaping bus bar electrically connecting multiple non-adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, and a linear bus bar electrically connecting multiple adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells. The multiple adjacent battery cells may be disposed between the multiple non-adjacent battery cells electrically connected by the leaping bus bar.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/507 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie comprenant un arrangement de plusieurs barres omnibus réunies dans une structure de conteneur, p. ex. modules de barres omnibus
  • H01M 50/204 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules
  • H01M 50/51 - Connexion seulement en série

93.

WORK MACHINE STABILIZATION

      
Numéro d'application 18413882
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-16
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Rafferty, Jonathan
  • Westbury, Aaron

Abrégé

In some implementations, a control system may monitor load information of the work machine, the load information including: first tire pressure information of a first one or more tires, second tire pressure information of a second one or more tires, and fluid pressure information of one or more actuators configured to actuate the work tool. The control system may detect a destabilization event of the work machine based on: a change in tire pressure of the first one or more tires satisfying a first tire pressure threshold, a change in tire pressure of the second one or more tires satisfying a second tire pressure threshold, and a change in fluid pressure of the one or more actuators satisfying a fluid pressure threshold. The control system may perform, based on detecting the destabilization event, one or more actions.

Classes IPC  ?

94.

BATTERY TOWER DESIGN FOR HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS

      
Numéro d'application 18414087
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-16
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Kwok, Wellington Y
  • Jin, Peitong

Abrégé

This disclosure describes a battery tower design using pouch cell or blade cell batteries to build modular towers and assemble battery units to fit within electrified heavy-duty equipment. The battery units are modular to enable expansion of the battery units horizontally and/or vertically to fit within irregular-shaped compartments originally intended for non-electric powertrain components. The battery towers are modular units with frames for holding battery cells with their width in a vertical direction and stacking the cells vertically along a length of a frame that includes passive and active cooling components.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/258 - Batteries modulairesBoîtiers pourvus de moyens d’assemblage
  • B60K 1/04 - Agencement ou montage des ensembles de propulsion électriques des dispositifs d'emmagasinage de l'énergie électrique pour la propulsion
  • H01M 10/613 - Refroidissement ou maintien du froid
  • H01M 10/625 - Véhicules
  • H01M 10/647 - Éléments prismatiques ou plans, p. ex. éléments de type poche
  • H01M 10/653 - Moyens de commande de la température associés de façon structurelle avec les éléments caractérisés par des matériaux électriquement isolants ou thermiquement conducteurs
  • H01M 10/6552 - Tubes fermés transférant la chaleur par conductivité thermique ou par transition de phase, p. ex. tubes caloporteurs
  • H01M 10/6554 - Barres ou plaques
  • H01M 50/209 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules prismatiques ou rectangulaires
  • H01M 50/211 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules en forme de poche
  • H01M 50/224 - Métaux
  • H01M 50/242 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports caractérisés par les propriétés physiques des boîtiers ou des bâtis, p. ex. dimensions adaptés pour protéger les batteries contre les vibrations, les collisions ou le gonflement
  • H01M 50/249 - MonturesBoîtiers secondaires ou cadresBâtis, modules ou blocsDispositifs de suspensionAmortisseursDispositifs de transport ou de manutentionSupports spécialement adaptés aux aéronefs ou aux véhicules, p. ex. aux automobiles ou aux trains

95.

STATOR ASSEMBLY

      
Numéro d'application 18415147
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2024-01-17
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Janes, Brian R.
  • Friebohle, Andrew A.
  • Adra, Rodwan T.
  • Kleinschmidt, Nathan A.

Abrégé

A stator assembly may include a circumferential stator core, which includes a plurality of stator poles, a plurality of stator slots located between adjacent stator poles, and a plurality of conductive coils surrounding a portion of each stator pole, and a coolant wall assembly extending across each stator slot. The coolant wall assembly includes a first bar and a second bar, with each bar extending along a length of the stator poles and having an outer sidewall contacting a stator pole, and an inner sidewall opposite the outer sidewall, the inner sidewalls of the first bar and second bar together forming a central interlock groove; and a central bar extending the length of the stator poles, and located in the interlock groove.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02K 3/24 - Enroulements caractérisés par la configuration, la forme ou le genre de construction du conducteur, p. ex. avec des conducteurs en barre avec des canaux ou des conduits pour un agent de refroidissement entre les conducteurs
  • H02K 1/14 - Noyaux statoriques à pôles saillants
  • H02K 15/02 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation des machines dynamo-électriques des corps statoriques ou rotoriques

96.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING HYDRAULIC OIL

      
Numéro d'application US2024060314
Numéro de publication 2025/151246
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-16
Date de publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Meng, Tao
  • Wu, Xin
  • Wang, Zheng

Abrégé

The present application discloses a method for monitoring hydraulic oil. The method comprises steps of: capturing real-time images of hydraulic oil flowing through a sampling pipeline by means of an imaging system and detecting oil parameters of the hydraulic oil by means of an oil sensor; determining contaminant information based on the real-time images, wherein the contaminant information describes characteristics of contaminants in the hydraulic oil; and determining a current health state of the hydraulic oil according to the contaminant information and the oil parameters. The multi-sensor and multi-modal detection according to the present application provides more comprehensive and accurate oil parameters and information of granular contaminants, whereby the health state of the hydraulic oil can be determined more accurately.

Classes IPC  ?

97.

Voltage source inverter control for unbalanced and nonlinear loads

      
Numéro d'application 18415227
Numéro de brevet 12374888
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-01-17
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Date d'octroi 2025-07-29
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Illindala, Mahesh Sitaram
  • Sunkara, Varsha
  • Han, Seok-Hee
  • Wai, Jackson
  • Gerdes, Jesse R.
  • Yu, Dachuan

Abrégé

An interface circuit to interface an energy source to a power bus of a microgrid includes a switching inverter circuit, an output filter circuit coupled between an output of the three-phase inverter circuit and the power bus, and a control circuit loop to control switching of the switching inverter circuit. The control circuit loop is coupled to the output filter circuit and the switching inverter and includes a proportional-integral oscillator-based repetitive (PIOR) controller.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H02M 1/36 - Moyens pour mettre en marche ou arrêter les convertisseurs
  • H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
  • H02J 3/01 - Dispositions pour réduire les harmoniques ou les ondulations
  • H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
  • H02M 1/12 - Dispositions de réduction des harmoniques d'une entrée ou d'une sortie en courant alternatif
  • H02M 7/5387 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant alternatif sans possibilité de réversibilité par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs, p. ex. onduleurs à impulsions à un seul commutateur dans une configuration en pont

98.

COUPLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF HYDRAULICALLY COUPLING TO A TOOL

      
Numéro d'application 19098989
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2025-04-03
Date de la première publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
Inventeur(s) Lauterslager, Peter

Abrégé

A method of coupling a tool to a work machine including inserting a front lug of a coupling assembly into a front recess on the tool, inserting a rear lug of the coupling assembly into a rear recess on the tool, moving a retaining member of the coupler assembly to a retaining position relative to the tool to releasably mount the tool to the work machine, while simultaneously preventing movement of a hydraulic coupling manifold on the coupling assembly from moving; and moving the hydraulic coupling manifold to a coupling position with a hydraulic power transmission coupling on the tool to hydraulically couple the tool to the work machine in response to the retaining member reaching the retaining position.

Classes IPC  ?

  • E02F 3/36 - Éléments constitutifs
  • E02F 3/413 - PlongeursAuges avec dispositif preneur
  • E02F 3/96 - DraguesEngins de terrassement entraînés mécaniquement avec des dispositions pour l'emploi alterné d'éléments de creusement différents

99.

LEAPING BUS BAR

      
Numéro d'application US2024058773
Numéro de publication 2025/151218
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-06
Date de publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Murray, Trent
  • Swank, Matthew Ryan
  • Brodbeck, Jared J.
  • Jones, Elizabeth A.

Abrégé

In some implementations, a battery module (104) may include a battery stack with a plurality of battery cells (106), a leaping bus bar (204) electrically connecting multiple non-adjacent battery cells (106) of the plurality of battery cells (106), and a linear bus bar (206) electrically connecting multiple adjacent battery cells (106) of the plurality of battery cells (106). The multiple adjacent battery cells (106) may be disposed between the multiple non-adjacent battery cells (106) electrically connected by the leaping bus bar (204).

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 50/209 - Bâtis, modules ou blocs de multiples batteries ou de multiples cellules caractérisés par leur forme adaptés aux cellules prismatiques ou rectangulaires
  • H01M 50/503 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie caractérisées par la forme des interconnecteurs
  • H01M 50/507 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie comprenant un arrangement de plusieurs barres omnibus réunies dans une structure de conteneur, p. ex. modules de barres omnibus

100.

RIGID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD BUS BAR CARRIER AND CELL INTERCONNECT

      
Numéro d'application US2024060678
Numéro de publication 2025/151255
Statut Délivré - en vigueur
Date de dépôt 2024-12-18
Date de publication 2025-07-17
Propriétaire CATERPILLAR INC. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Swank, Matthew R.
  • Larson, Scott D.
  • Brodbeck, Jared J.
  • Murray, Trent

Abrégé

In some implementations, a battery module (104) may include a battery stack comprising a plurality of battery cells (106), one or more module interconnect bus bars (208), and a printed circuit board (PCB) (204) disposed on the battery stack and defining a plurality of openings (214). The PCB (204) may be configured as a carrier for the one or more module interconnect bus bars (208). The plurality of openings (214) may be arranged such that each of the plurality of openings (214) aligns with a terminal of each of the plurality of battery cells (106). The one or more module interconnect bus bars (208) may be attached to the PCB (204) in alignment with the plurality of openings (214) and electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells (106) of the battery stack.

Classes IPC  ?

  • H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
  • H01M 50/507 - Interconnecteurs pour connecter les bornes des batteries adjacentesInterconnecteurs pour connecter les cellules en dehors d'un boîtier de batterie comprenant un arrangement de plusieurs barres omnibus réunies dans une structure de conteneur, p. ex. modules de barres omnibus
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