US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Jan. 27 for "Hydraulic load management for electric motor driven systems" (Illinois, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,472, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Hydraulic load management for electric motor driven systems" was invented by Rodney L. Menold (Hanna City, Ill.), Cameron T. Lane (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Andrew Olson (Vail, Ariz.) and Karl P. Schneider (Decatur, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydraulic load management for electric motor driven systems, such as hydraulic systems in a work machine, is disclosed. The hydraulic system may include an electric motor coupled to a hydraulic pump to provide hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic actuator, and a power bus may connect an electric power source to the electric m...