Patents by Inventor James David Siegle

James David Siegle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11430319
    Abstract: Cavitation that occurs within a pump of a machine, such as truck or other work machine, can potentially damage the pump and/or other components of the machine. The machine can have a cavitation monitor configured to detect cavitation and/or cavitation damage associated with the pump based on vibration data, speed data associated with mechanical movements of the pump, and operating data associated with the machine overall. If the cavitation monitor detects cavitation and/or cavitation damage, the cavitation monitor can cause corresponding alerts to be displayed to a machine operator or other user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan S Pauli, Pengfei Ma, Kalpeshkumar N. Patel, Richard Andrew Carpenter, James David Siegle, Vignesh Jayakumar, Richard Scott Cushing
  • Publication number: 20160252429
    Abstract: A pressure measurement system for an engine is illustrated. The pressure measurement system includes a pressure sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a pressure within a cylinder and an angle sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an angular position of a crankshaft of the engine. The pressure measurement system further includes a controller coupled to the pressure sensor and the angle sensor. The controller is configured to determine a volume of the cylinder based on the signal indicative of the angular position of the crankshaft. The controller is configured to determine a first pressure offset during a compression stroke of the engine and a second pressure offset during an expansion stroke of the engine. The controller is further configured to determine a corrected pressure value by any one of the first pressure offset and the second pressure offset based on the angular position of the crankshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Louise Yeager, Alasdair Owen Lee, James David Siegle
  • Publication number: 20130002027
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply includes an input and an output. The uninterruptible power supply may include a first power path between the input and the output. The uninterruptible power supply may also include a second power path between the input and the output. The second power path may include a rectifier and an inverter. The uninterruptible power supply may also include controls configured to operate the uninterruptible power supply to supply electricity to the output. In controlling the uninterruptible power supply, the controls may selectively operate in first mode by transmitting electricity from the inlet to the outlet via the first power path while operating the inverter to condition at least one characteristic of electricity at the output. The controls may also selectively operate the uninterruptible power supply in a second mode by transmitting electricity from the input to the output via the second power path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Dachuan Yu, James David Siegle, Mahesh Sitaram Illindala, Mark Edward Hartman, Gregory Jay Speckhart