US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on June 24 for "Machine having hydrogen engine hybrid power system and control strategy for same" (American, British, Bulgarian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,820, issued on June 24, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Machine having hydrogen engine hybrid power system and control strategy for same" was invented by Robert M. McDavid (Dunlap, Ill.), Jonathan W. Anders (Peoria, Ill.), Bobby John (Peoria, Ill.), Timothy A. Bazyn (Chillicothe, Ill.), Youngjin Son (San Antonio), Aaron W. Costall (London) and Radoslav B. Ivanov (Dupnitsa, Bulgaria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Operating a hybrid power system for a machine includes combusting a direct injected gaseous hydrogen fuel in an engine operating an electrical generator, and increasing a load demand of the hybrid power syst...