Patents by Inventor Mitchel R. Deckard

Mitchel R. Deckard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117929
    Abstract: In some implementations, a dual gas transport system includes a trailer, one or more tanks mounted on the trailer, wherein each of the one or more tanks includes a first compartment and a second compartment, the first and second compartments being separated from each other by a bladder, and an electronic control module configured to control operations of the one or more tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary J. Wilks, Mitchel R. Deckard
  • Publication number: 20240117928
    Abstract: In some implementations, a dual gas transport system includes a trailer, one or more tanks mounted on the trailer, wherein each of the one or more tanks includes a first compartment and a second compartment, the first and second compartments being separated from each other by a sliding piston, and an electronic control module configured to control operations of the one or more tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary J. Wilks, Mitchel R. Deckard
  • Patent number: 11614040
    Abstract: Operating an internal combustion engine system includes combusting gaseous hydrogen fuel and gaseous hydrocarbon fuel at a first substitution ratio in a plurality of cylinders in an engine, inputting an emissions cost value and a hydrogen cost value to a fuel blending control system for the engine, and determining, by way of an electronic control unit of the fuel blending control system, a fuel blending control term based on the respective cost values. Operating the engine system further includes varying admission of at least one of the hydrogen fuel or the hydrocarbon fuel to an intake system for the engine based on the fuel blending control term, and combusting the hydrogen fuel and the hydrocarbon fuel at a second substitution ratio produced by the varied admission in the plurality of cylinders in the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Steven James Bickett, Mitchel R Deckard
  • Patent number: 6012289
    Abstract: A method for controlling an engine turbocharger having a wastegate control valve is provided where the turbocharger is controlled by an electronic controller which is capable of delivering a wastegate control signal to the wastegate control valve. A determination is made as to whether an engine speed falls within a predetermined speed range defined by a first predetermined speed and a second predetermined speed, where the second predetermined speed is higher than the first predetermined speed. A predetermined initializing wastegate control signal may be delivered to the wastegate control valve in response to the engine speed falling within the predetermined speed range. A determination is made as to whether an engine speed exceeds the second predetermined speed, and a determination is made as to whether an engine load falls within a predetermined load range defined by a first predetermined load and a second predetermined load, where the second predetermined load is greater than the first predetermined load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchel R. Deckard, David L. Frohberg, Phillip J. Houtz, Charles J. Kocian, Kevin A. Lantz, James B. Maddock, Gregg W. Uhland