US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Sept. 9 for "Suppressing switching operation of a machine from an electric mode to an engine mode" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,829, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Suppressing switching operation of a machine from an electric mode to an engine mode" was invented by John Marsolek (Watertown, Minn.) and Ryan J. Nelson (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system may include a control of a user interface and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause a machine to operate in a first mode, the machine being configured for hybrid operation in the first mode using a battery without using an internal combustion engine or in a second mode using the internal combustion en...