ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,222, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Powertrain eco-mode for work machines" was invented by Aaron Y Ho (Naperville, Ill.), John J Krone (Peoria, Ill.), Jordan A. Mangels (Peoria, Ill.), Jeremy D. Folkerts (Naperville, Ill.) and Mehul Yadav (Aurora, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine having a powertrain, an engine, a torque converter operably connected to the engine, a transmission, a selector interface, and a control system. The control system is configured to: receive a machine activation signal from the selector interface indicative of operation of the work machine; receive machi...