ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,639, issued on July 15, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Power draw control for fuel injectors" was invented by Mitchell B. Juchems (Eureka, Ill.), Seth Evans (Normal, Ill.) and Daniel R. Puckett (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one instance, disclosed herein is a method for controlling a fuel injector of an engine system, the method comprising: determining, based on an engine condition of the engine system, a pull-in duration for the fuel injector during which current is applied to move a valve member away from a resting position; applying a current to a valve solenoid to move the valve member of the ...