ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,006, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Control system for work machine" was invented by Mathew David Guldan (Metamora, Ill.), Michael A. Gilles (Brimfield, Ill.) and Kyle David Duryea (Trivoli, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a work machine includes an engine, a torque converter, and a lock-up clutch assembly. The lock-up clutch assembly includes a lock-up clutch that can be positioned in an engaged state, for bypassing the torque converter, or a disengaged state. The control system includes a controller configured to determine that the engine is in a cranking state, and cau...