Patents by Inventor Jared M. KIRK

Jared M. KIRK 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).

  • Lubrication oil warm-up for a fluid pump
    Patent number: 12644405
    Abstract: A controller may cause, in a lubrication oil warm-up mode of a transmission, the transmission to operate in a stall mode that transfers heat to transmission oil for the transmission. The transmission oil may be diverted to a lubrication oil heater to heat the lubrication oil using the transmission oil. The controller may cause the transmission to disengage the stall mode and to engage a park mode, to pause the lubrication oil warm-up mode. The controller may cause the transmission to operate in the stall mode, to resume the lubrication oil warm-up mode, after the pause duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yuesheng He, Todd Ryan Kabrich, Jared M. Kirk, David J. Schuh
  • LUBRICATION OIL WARM-UP FOR A FLUID PUMP
    Publication number: 20260036074
    Abstract: A controller may cause, in a lubrication oil warm-up mode of a transmission, the transmission to operate in a stall mode that transfers heat to transmission oil for the transmission. The transmission oil may be diverted to a lubrication oil heater to heat the lubrication oil using the transmission oil. The controller may cause the transmission to disengage the stall mode and to engage a park mode, to pause the lubrication oil warm-up mode. The controller may cause the transmission to operate in the stall mode, to resume the lubrication oil warm-up mode, after the pause duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yuesheng HE, Todd Ryan KABRICH, Jared M. KIRK, David J. SCHUH