Patents by Inventor Richard D. Douglas

Richard D. Douglas 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: 8437922
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring and predicting failure in pumps on operating vehicles is disclosed. The method may comprise measuring a plurality of a pressure drops across an orifice in a case drain line of a vehicle operating in drive gear, determining an actual case drain flow rate for each measured pressure drop, selecting a plurality of the actual case drain flow rates, estimating for each selected actual case drain flow rate an estimated flow rate for the case drain line and displaying the difference between the actual case drain flow rate and the estimated flow rate for each selected actual case drain flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Douglas
  • Publication number: 20120150383
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring and predicting failure in pumps on operating vehicles is disclosed. The method may comprise measuring a plurality of a pressure drops across an orifice in a case drain line of a vehicle operating in drive gear, determining an actual case drain flow rate for each measured pressure drop, selecting a plurality of the actual case drain flow rates, estimating for each selected actual case drain flow rate an estimated flow rate for the case drain line and displaying the difference between the actual case drain flow rate and the estimated flow rate for each selected actual case drain flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.
    Inventor: Richard D. Douglas