Patents by Inventor Evan Blair STUMPGES

Evan Blair STUMPGES 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 DISENGAGING BATTERY STRINGS
    Publication number: 20230021984
    Abstract: A machine includes a plurality of battery string modules that supply electric current to an inverter of the machine. The machine also includes a control system that opens at one contactor coupled to at least one battery string module of the plurality of battery string modules to disconnect the at least one battery string module. The other battery string modules of the plurality of battery string modules, apart from the at least one battery string module, continue supplying electric current to the inverter of the machine while the at least one battery string module is disconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. BAUMANN, Justin Dale MIDDLETON, Jason Lee MILLER, Evan Blair STUMPGES