Patents by Inventor Joshua Aaron FOSSUM

Joshua Aaron FOSSUM 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: 11585071
    Abstract: A swing motion control system for an earth-moving machine may include a closed loop hydraulic circuit including a hydrostatic swing pump fluidly coupled to at least one hydraulic swing motor configured to control a swing mechanism of the earth-moving machine, a pressure control device configured to control the pressure of fluid supplied to the hydrostatic swing pump for control of the pressure output by the pump, and a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rustin Glenn Metzger, Adam Martin Nackers, Joshua Aaron Fossum, Christopher M. Ruemelin, Corey Lee Gorman
  • Patent number: 11198987
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit is disclosed. The hydraulic circuit may include a hydrostatic pump to provide, at a flow rate, a fluid to a hydraulic motor, wherein the hydrostatic pump has a displacement, and wherein the hydraulic motor drives a swinging element; a swing circuit pressure sensor to sense a circuit pressure of the hydraulic circuit; a pilot pressure actuator to control, based on a supply pressure, the displacement of the hydrostatic pump; a pilot pressure override valve to control the supply pressure; and a controller configured to adjust, based on sensed signals and with the pilot pressure override valve, the supply pressure, wherein the sensed signals include: a circuit pressure signal based on the circuit pressure sensed by the swing circuit pressure sensor; and a sensed swing speed signal based on a swing speed of the swinging element sensed by one or more machine sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rustin Glenn Metzger, Adam Martin Nackers, Joshua Aaron Fossum, Christopher M. Ruemelin, Corey Lee Gorman
  • Publication number: 20210332559
    Abstract: A hydraulic circuit is disclosed. The hydraulic circuit may include a hydrostatic pump to provide, at a flow rate, a fluid to a hydraulic motor, wherein the hydrostatic pump has a displacement, and wherein the hydraulic motor drives a swinging element; a swing circuit pressure sensor to sense a circuit pressure of the hydraulic circuit; a pilot pressure actuator to control, based on a supply pressure, the displacement of the hydrostatic pump; a pilot pressure override valve to control the supply pressure; and a controller configured to adjust, based on sensed signals and with the pilot pressure override valve, the supply pressure, wherein the sensed signals include: a circuit pressure signal based on the circuit pressure sensed by the swing circuit pressure sensor; and a sensed swing speed signal based on a swing speed of the swinging element sensed by one or more machine sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Rustin Glenn METZGER, Adam Martin NACKERS, Joshua Aaron FOSSUM, Christopher M. RUEMELIN, Corey Lee GORMAN
  • Publication number: 20210332555
    Abstract: A swing motion control system for an earth-moving machine may include a closed loop hydraulic circuit including a hydrostatic swing pump fluidly coupled to at least one hydraulic swing motor configured to control a swing mechanism of the earth-moving machine, a pressure control device configured to control the pressure of fluid supplied to the hydrostatic swing pump for control of the pressure output by the pump, and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Rustin Glenn METZGER, Adam Martin NACKERS, Joshua Aaron FOSSUM, Christopher M. RUEMELIN, Corey Lee GORMAN