US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Dec. 9 for "Closed-loop control of a plurality of pump systems of a hydraulic fracturing system" (Illinois, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,624, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Closed-loop control of a plurality of pump systems of a hydraulic fracturing system" was invented by Yanchai Zhang (Dunlap, Ill.), Isaac E. Fox (Houston), Matthew Parker (Washington, Ill.) and Shawn Damm (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system identifies preferred performance information associated with a hydraulic fracturing system; and obtains engine operation information associated with a plurality of engines included in a plurality of respective pump systems of the hydraulic fracturing system. The control system identifies, based on the ...