US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Feb. 3 for "Variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) durability by avoiding excessive force on one or more components of the VGT" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,571, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) durability by avoiding excessive force on one or more components of the VGT" was invented by Derek Tanis (Peoria, Ill.), Matthew E. Layne (Chillicothe, Ill.), Matthew T. Wolk (Peoria, Ill.), James Mutti (Germantown Hills, Ill.) and Kevin Weiss (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a controller of a machine may identify an expansion ratio associated with a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) of the machine. The controller may determine, based on the expansion ratio, wear-reduction information th...