US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Dec. 16 for "Control of a hybrid powertrain system" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,020, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Control of a hybrid powertrain system" was invented by Ryan J. Nelson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Toby A. Frelich (Saint Michael, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a controller of a hybrid powertrain system may detect a level of demand associated with the load of the hybrid powertrain system. The controller may cause power to be proportionally provided to drive the load via the engine and the electric machine in accordance with a ratio between a first power output provided via the engine and a second power output...