US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Jan. 27 for "Dual-mode optimization for a distributed cooling system" (Illinois, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,240, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Dual-mode optimization for a distributed cooling system" was invented by Karl P. Schneider (Decatur, Ill.), Cameron T. Lane (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Andrew Olson (Vail, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Typically, electric power sources, such as batteries and fuel cells, require cooling to temperatures near or below ambient temperature for safe and efficient operation. Traditional cooling systems are not be able or practical to cool the components to the required temperatures, due to the lack of temperature differential between the required cooling temperatur...