US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for operating a divided power distribution system" (Illinois, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,871, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for operating a divided power distribution system" was invented by Mark Andrew Robinson (Davis Junction, Ill.), Corey Allen Kauk (Elk River, Minn.), Michael John Barngrover (Brimfield, Ill.), Steven Robert Krause (Chillicothe, Ill.), Ben Evans (Peoria, Ill.) and Keith Nicholas Edward Troisi (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine using a direct current power system that isolates reactive loads is described herein. The work machine uses a machine power distribution unit that receives direct current power from two or more...