Patents by Inventor James Allen Roal

James Allen Roal 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: 9099882
    Abstract: A method for controlling a hybrid machine is disclosed. The hybrid machine may be equipped with a turbine engine, a generator connected in series with the turbine engine, an electrical energy storage device, and a motor drivingly connected to a power output component for the hybrid machine. A controller may receive a power demand signal, determine a power level in the electrical energy storage device, determine available inertial energy stored at least in rotating components of the turbine engine and the generator, and provide one or more control signals to selectively control powering the turbine engine to full power, selectively turn off all fuel to the turbine engine, selectively store excess energy as electrical energy by directing excess electrical energy from the generator to the electrical energy storage device, and selectively store excess energy as inertial energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Gerard Lammers, Daniel Edward Henderson, James Allen Roal, Jackson Wai
  • Publication number: 20140203760
    Abstract: A method for controlling a hybrid machine is disclosed. The hybrid machine may be equipped with a turbine engine, a generator connected in series with the turbine engine, an electrical energy storage device, and a motor drivingly connected to a power output component for the hybrid machine. A controller may receive a power demand signal, determine a power level in the electrical energy storage device, determine available inertial energy stored at least in rotating components of the turbine engine and the generator, and provide one or more control signals to selectively control powering the turbine engine to full power, selectively turn off all fuel to the turbine engine, selectively store excess energy as electrical energy by directing excess electrical energy from the generator to the electrical energy storage device, and selectively store excess energy as inertial energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Bryan Gerard LAMMERS, Daniel Edward HENDERSON, James Allen ROAL, Jackson WAI
  • Patent number: 7878049
    Abstract: A method of indicating a fault associated with a non-combustion chamber of an engine includes monitoring a fluid intake pressure for the engine, monitoring a pressure for a non-combustion chamber of the engine, and indicating a fault associated with the non-combustion chamber based on a difference between a first non-combustion chamber pressure and a second non-combustion chamber pressure being below a chamber threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: James Allen Roal, Richard “Cort” Severns, II
  • Publication number: 20100050754
    Abstract: A method of indicating a fault associated with a non-combustion chamber of an engine includes monitoring a fluid intake pressure for the engine, monitoring a pressure for a non-combustion chamber of the engine, and indicating a fault associated with the non-combustion chamber based on a difference between a first non-combustion chamber pressure and a second non-combustion chamber pressure being below a chamber threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: James Allen Roal, Richard "Cort" Severns, II