Patents by Inventor Christian Andrés HERRERA HERNANDEZ

Christian Andrés HERRERA HERNANDEZ 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).

  • Engine warm-up bypass control
    Patent number: 10982602
    Abstract: An engine controller to control a plurality of engines is disclosed. The engine controller may determine that power to a load is to be increased, wherein the load is configured to be powered by one or more of the plurality of engines; determine that an engine, of the plurality of engines, is configured to provide supplemental power to the load after a temperature of the engine satisfies a threshold, wherein the threshold corresponds to a warm-up operation of the engine being completed; determine that the temperature of the engine does not satisfy the threshold; obtain, via an operator interface, an authorization to bypass the warm-up operation of the engine; and bypass, based on obtaining the authorization, the warm-up operation for the engine to permit the engine to provide instantaneous power to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. Folken, David Ochoa, Perry Converse, Vijay Janardhan, Christian Andrés Herrera Hernandez
  • ENGINE WARM-UP BYPASS CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210087984
    Abstract: An engine controller to control a plurality of engines is disclosed. The engine controller may determine that power to a load is to be increased, wherein the load is configured to be powered by one or more of the plurality of engines; determine that an engine, of the plurality of engines, is configured to provide supplemental power to the load after a temperature of the engine satisfies a threshold, wherein the threshold corresponds to a warm-up operation of the engine being completed; determine that the temperature of the engine does not satisfy the threshold; obtain, via an operator interface, an authorization to bypass the warm-up operation of the engine; and bypass, based on obtaining the authorization, the warm-up operation for the engine to permit the engine to provide instantaneous power to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. FOLKEN, David OCHOA, Perry CONVERSE, Vijay JANARDHAN, Christian Andrés HERRERA HERNANDEZ