Patents by Inventor Darin McCoy

Darin McCoy 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: 10378415
    Abstract: A reductant delivery system includes an electronic control unit coupled with each of an electronically controlled reductant injector and an electronically controlled pump, and structured to mitigate obstruction of a reductant injector in an exhaust system of an engine. The electronic control unit is further structured to receive data indicative of a pump duty cycle, and calculate a diagnostic value based on pump duty cycle associated with injection of different amounts of reductant, compare the diagnostic value with a threshold value, and output an error signal to trigger an obstructed-injector mitigation action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Cole, Sanket Yeole, Darin McCoy, Johnathan Trundt, Wayne Davey
  • Publication number: 20190063296
    Abstract: A reductant delivery system includes an electronic control unit coupled with each of an electronically controlled reductant injector and an electronically controlled pump, and structured to mitigate obstruction of a reductant injector in an exhaust system of an engine. The electronic control unit is further structured to receive data indicative of a pump duty cycle, and calculate a diagnostic value based on pump duty cycle associated with injection of different amounts of reductant, compare the diagnostic value with a threshold value, and output an error signal to trigger an obstructed-injector mitigation action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Cole, Sanket Yeole, Darin McCoy, Johnathan Trundt, Wayne Davey
  • Patent number: 8495868
    Abstract: A control strategy selectively controls the heating of fluid lines equipped with line heaters that may be utilized with a selective catalytic reduction system. The control strategy measures a tank temperature representative of reductant agent in a storage tank and a representative ambient temperature representative of an ambient temperature proximate the fluid line. The control strategy determines a lowest possible reductant agent temperature (“LPRAT”) based on the measured tank temperature and representative ambient temperature. The LPRAT is compared with a desired reductant agent temperature and, in response to the comparison, the control strategy may activate the line heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Darin McCoy, Edward King, Steve Funke
  • Publication number: 20110225950
    Abstract: A control strategy selectively controls the heating of fluid lines equipped with line heaters that may be utilized with a selective catalytic reduction system. The control strategy measures a tank temperature representative of reductant agent in a storage tank and a representative ambient temperature representative of an ambient temperature proximate the fluid line. The control strategy determines a lowest possible reductant agent temperature (“LPRAT”) based on the measured tank temperature and representative ambient temperature. The LPRAT is compared with a desired reductant agent temperature and, in response to the comparison, the control strategy may activate the line heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Darin McCoy, Edward King, Steve Funke