ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,022, issued on May 6, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Containerized alternative fuel control unit" was invented by Dana Ray Coldren (Secor, Ill.), Bryan E. Nelson (Chillicothe, Ill.) and Hoisan Kim (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alternative fuel management system may include a base configured for arrangement on a supporting floor or other framework of a vessel and configured to support alternative fuel supply equipment. The system may also include a sealed enclosure sealingly coupled to the base and configured to surround the alternative fuel supply equipment. The system may also include the alterna...