Patents by Inventor Nicholas Dodge

Nicholas Dodge 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).

  • Method and system for identifying sensors on machines
    Patent number: 11157708
    Abstract: A method for identifying a sensor among as plurality of identical sensors on a machine is disclosed. The method includes comparing, by a controller, a unique value of a parameter detected by the sensor with a predefined value of the parameter. The unique value of the parameter is detected in a predefined stationary state of at least one part of a plurality of parts of the machine. The method further includes associating, by the controller, the unique value of the parameter detected by the sensor with the at least one part when the unique value of the parameter matches with the predefined value of the parameter. The predefined value of the parameter corresponds to a value of the parameter attained by the at least one part in the predefined stationary state of the at least one part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep John Verghese, Nicholas Dodge
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING SENSORS ON MACHINES
    Publication number: 20210240948
    Abstract: A method for identifying a sensor among as plurality of identical sensors on a machine is disclosed. The method includes comparing, by a controller, a unique value of a parameter detected by the sensor with a predefined value of the parameter. The unique value of the parameter is detected in a predefined stationary state of at least one part of a plurality of parts of the machine. The method further includes associating, by the controller, the unique value of the parameter detected by the sensor with the at least one part when the unique value of the parameter matches with the predefined value of the parameter. The predefined value of the parameter corresponds to a value of the parameter attained by the at least one part in the predefined stationary state of the at least one part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep John Verghese, Nicholas Dodge
  • Control system and operating method in machine having rotatable operator station
    Patent number: 10072394
    Abstract: A control system for a machine with a rotatable operator station includes sensors to produce data indicative of suitability and unsuitability of the machine for initiating and completing adjustment, respectively, between a first control configuration where the operator station is at a first orientation and a second control configuration where the operator station is at a second orientation. A control device in the control system transitions the control system between a locking state for inhibiting rotation of the operator station and an unlocking state for permitting rotation, based on the suitability data and the unsuitability data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wynkoop, David Pavlik, Nicholas Dodge, F. Walter Duren, Andrew Saxsma
  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD IN MACHINE HAVING ROTATABLE OPERATOR STATION
    Publication number: 20180251955
    Abstract: A control system for a machine with a rotatable operator station includes sensors to produce data indicative of suitability and unsuitability of the machine for initiating and completing adjustment, respectively, between a first control configuration where the operator station is at a first orientation and a second control configuration where the operator station is at a second orientation. A control device in the control system transitions the control system between a locking state for inhibiting rotation of the operator station and an unlocking state for permitting rotation, based on the suitability data and the unsuitability data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Wynkoop, David Pavlik, Nicholas Dodge, F. Walter Duren, Andrew Saxsma