US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 5 for "Systems and methods for extra-stroke engine cycle operation" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,910, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for extra-stroke engine cycle operation" was invented by John R. McDonald (Peoria, Ill.) and Derek A. Tanis (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 f...