1857 patents
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Utility
Tracking the environment around a machine to define actual cut profile
12 Dec 23
When removing portions of a work surface at a worksite with a machine (e.g., such as a cold planer), is useful to know the actual cut depths on each edge of the cold planer and/or the volume of material that has been removed from a work surface.
Conwell K Rife, Eric Steven Engelmann
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Hydraulic health system
12 Dec 23
A system and method for determining a health status of a hydraulic system is disclosed.
Adam Martin Nackers, Christopher Michael Ruemelin, Steven D. Spencer, Rustin Glenn Metzger
Filed: 21 Nov 22
Utility
Gaseous fuel engine system and operating method for same
12 Dec 23
Operating a gaseous hydrogen fuel engine includes controlling an injection timing of a gaseous hydrogen fuel injected into a flow of pressurized intake air so as to produce a leading cooling flow of pressurized intake air into a cylinder in an engine, a trailing purging flow through an intake conduit, and a middle flow of both pressurized intake air and gaseous hydrogen fuel into the cylinder.
Jaswinder Singh, Michael Bardell, Yongxian Gu, Eric L. Schroeder, Patrick J. Seiler
Filed: 23 Jan 23
Utility
Low compression natural gas engine piston bowl for improved combustion stability
12 Dec 23
A piston may have an annular body including a crown portion defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a plane containing the longitudinal axis and the radial direction, and a contoured combustion bowl.
Aaron S. Ness, Andrew J. Loetz, John R. Brubaker, Christopher L. Batta
Filed: 22 Feb 22
Utility
Fuel-actuated fuel injector having cooling fuel circuit and method
12 Dec 23
A fuel injector assembly for a fuel-actuated fuel injector includes an injector body, and an injection control valve assembly.
Cory A. Brown, Sana Mahmood, Glenn B. Cox, Zhenyu Li
Filed: 1 Feb 23
Utility
Lock for wheel rim and assemblies, systems, and methods thereof
5 Dec 23
A wheel rim assembly and components, systems, and methods thereof can have a rim base with at least one slot at an outer end portion thereof, a bead seat band radially outward of the outer end portion of the rim base, and at least one lock provided in the at least one slot.
Prasanth K. Garapati, Jacques Elloye
Filed: 21 Aug 20
Utility
Rail buckle detection and risk prediction
5 Dec 23
A system and method for detecting buckled rail and for predicting a risk for rail buckling is disclosed.
Marc Miller, Chad A. Moore, Lawrence A. Mianzo, Mike Hoffelder, Darrell Cantrell, Derrill J. Koelz, Narayana G. Nadukuru
Filed: 18 Sep 19
Utility
Automatic smoothness control for asphalt paver
5 Dec 23
A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame; a plurality of sensors to scan a surface of an asphalt mat behind the screed; and a controller coupled to the plurality of sensors, the controller configured to determine a smoothness of the asphalt mat and to make changes to one or more paving characteristics of the paving machine to improve the smoothness of the asphalt mat.
Ryan J. Nelson, Ryan T. Thiesse
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
System for transferring torque from driveshafts to milling drums
5 Dec 23
A system for transferring torque from a driveshaft to a milling drum mountable on the driveshaft.
Nicholas Bernard Johnson, Craig Thomas Hedstrom, Ryan Steve Hutar
Filed: 6 Oct 21
Utility
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining rock-coal transition with a drilling machine
5 Dec 23
A system, apparatus, and method for controlling operation of a drilling machine includes determining a rock-coal transition and enabling both the real-time control of the blasthole drilling operation of the drilling machine responsive to the determination of the rock-coal transition or using the rock-coal transition information for mine planning in a post-processing application.
Gilles Eric Palobde Zagre, Viktor Shlenchak, Jonathan Phillip Peck
Filed: 13 Nov 20
Utility
Semi-closed cycle with turbo membrane O2 source
5 Dec 23
Disclosed is an improved method and system of operating the semi-closed cycle, which both reduces parasitic loads for oxygen generation and for gas clean up, while also reducing, capital cost of the gas clean up plant (reduced drying requirement) and of the oxygen plant (enabling membranes vs. mole sieves).
Paul M. Dunn
Filed: 27 Jun 22
Utility
Electric drive system for machine configured for switching sensor data sourcing pattern based on health status
5 Dec 23
An electric drive system for a machine includes a transmission, and an electric drive motor coupled to a transmission input.
Michael D. Beyer, Brian E. Lister, Ryan R. Leman
Filed: 12 Oct 22
Utility
Filter interlock with tabs mating with a pedestal or a housing
28 Nov 23
A pedestal for use with a canister filter system and a filter element for positioning and retaining the filter element in the canister filter system includes an at least partially annular body defining a longitudinal axis, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction.
Stephen Ellis Oedewalt, Jon T. Immel, Jeffrey R. Ries, Darrell Lee Morehouse, III
Filed: 12 Sep 22
Utility
Manual input device and method
28 Nov 23
A manual input device for a machine includes an elongate handle rigidly connected at one end to a frame of a machine and configured to be engaged by a hand of an operator, and a control portion connected to a free end of the elongate handle.
Andrew A. Fredrickson, Stuart R. Spencer, Sage F. Smith, Gareth Jones
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Suction cover assembly for reciprocating pumps
28 Nov 23
A suction cover assembly for a reciprocating pump includes a suction cover nut having a nut face and a thread configured to threadably connect the suction cover nut to a fluid cylinder of the reciprocating pump.
Joseph Byrne
Filed: 27 Aug 21
Utility
Ball design clapper assembly
28 Nov 23
A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an internal region, an inlet passageway, and an outlet passageway, wherein the inlet and outlet passageways fluidly communicate with the internal region.
David T. Figgs, Justin Poehls
Filed: 16 Feb 22
Utility
System and method for processing data from a particle monitoring sensor
28 Nov 23
Data relating to an amount of contaminant in a fluid is obtained from a contaminant detection device.
Daniel G Wear, Tom K. Shim, Richard A. Carpenter, Kyle B. Walton
Filed: 16 Dec 20
Utility
Node-to-node network time synchronization
21 Nov 23
In some implementations, a node may receive one or more communications, wherein the one or more communications include time information, and wherein the one or more communications are associated with a peer-to-peer network.
Christopher Haddad
Filed: 29 Sep 22
Utility
Ground-engaging track shoe having raised-relief fixturing surfaces
21 Nov 23
A ground-engaging track shoe includes a shoe plate having link-side fixturing surfaces and ground-side fixturing surfaces.
Eric James Johannsen
Filed: 9 Mar 21
Utility
Shrouds for grouser protectors in track shoes and grouser shroud inventory
21 Nov 23
A shroud for a track shoe grouser protector includes an elongate shroud body having weld holes formed in a first shroud leg and a second shroud leg attached to a base in the elongate shroud body.
Donovan Stuart Clarke, Paul Prest
Filed: 2 Feb 21