Patents by Inventor SREENIVASA RAVIPATI

SREENIVASA RAVIPATI 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).

  • Publication number: 20120230843
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling duct extending between a first component and a second component of a machine. A motor powered fan in the cooling duct creates an airflow in the duct. First and second temperature sensors are disposed to measure, respectively, first and second temperatures, which are associated with first and second temperature limits in first and second components. An electronic controller provides a motor command signal, receives the first and second temperatures, calculates first and second temperature differences to generate first and second blower commands based on the respective temperature differences, and calculates a feed-forward blower motor command based on a machine load factor. The electronic controller selects the greater of the first blower command, the second blower command, and the feed-forward blower command to be a maximum command, and determines and provides the motor command signal to the motor based on the maximum command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: SREENIVASA RAVIPATI, ALEXANDER CROSMAN, MATTHEW HENDRICKSON, LEWEI QIAN