Patents by Inventor Daren Robert Carr

Daren Robert Carr 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).

  • System and method for monitoring a cabin of a machine
    Patent number: 10352084
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a cabin of machine is provided. The system includes an operator presence sensor, a cabin pressure sensor, a door sensor, and a carbon dioxide sensor configured to generate the first output signal, the second output signal, the third output signal and the fourth output signal respectively. The system includes a controller configured to selectively process at least one of the first output signal, the second output signal, the third output signal or the fourth output signal. The controller is further configured to control one or more conditions inside the cabin based on the selective processing of the at least one of the first output signal, the second output signal, the third output signal or the fourth output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas John Hovel, Daren Robert Carr, Erick Alan Njos, Daniel Alan Spurgeon, Micheal David Valerio
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A CABIN OF A MACHINE
    Publication number: 20190017312
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a cabin of machine is provided. The system includes an operator presence sensor, a cabin pressure sensor, a door sensor, and a carbon dioxide sensor configured to generate the first output signal, the second output signal, the third output signal and the fourth output signal respectively. The system includes a controller configured to selectively process at least one of the first output signal, the second output signal, the third output signal or the fourth output signal. The controller is further configured to control one or more conditions inside the cabin based on the selective processing of the at least one of the first output signal, the second output signal, the third output signal or the fourth output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas John Hovel, Daren Robert Carr, Erick Alan Njos, Daniel Alan Spurgeon, Micheal David Valerio