US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on May 13 for "Causing a battery of a machine to enter into a charging state" (Illinois, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,689, issued on May 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Causing a battery of a machine to enter into a charging state" was invented by Dustin Dale Denning (Chillicothe, Ill.), Jason Lee Miller (Princeville, Ill.), Christopher L. Wynkoop (Eureka, Ill.), Srikar Thaduvayi (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Brett Michael Nee (Germantown Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller of a machine identifies that a battery of the machine is connected to an electrical power connector component. The controller then causes one or more charging components of the battery of the machine to be enabled, then cause one or more electr...