Patents by Inventor Ronald Christopher Gayles

Ronald Christopher Gayles 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: 11894682
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for off-grid load stabilization. For instance, the method may include: receiving generator data from at least one generator and energy storage data from at least one energy store; determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, a moving average of a system load of the at least one generator; and determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, an instantaneous load value of the at least one generator. The method may further include: determining a first electronic storage dispatch (ESD) based on the moving average of the system load and the instantaneous load value of the at least one generator; and providing the first ESD to the at least one energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Gayles, Dachuan Yu, Gregory J. Speckhart
  • Publication number: 20210359521
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for off-grid load stabilization. For instance, the method may include: receiving generator data from at least one generator and energy storage data from at least one energy store; determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, a moving average of a system load of the at least one generator; and determining, based on the generator data and/or the energy storage data, an instantaneous load value of the at least one generator. The method may further include: determining a first electronic storage dispatch (ESD) based on the moving average of the system load and the instantaneous load value of the at least one generator; and providing the first ESD to the at least one energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher GAYLES, Dachuan YU, Gregory J. SPECKHART
  • Patent number: 10566800
    Abstract: A method for controlling a genset system is provided. The method includes recognizing a communication failure between one or more gensets of a plurality of gensets and a control system and determining an operating state of each of the one or more gensets prior to the communication failure. The method further includes operating the genset system, upon communication failure, according to a load control scheme. The load control scheme includes determining an available power of the genset system based on the determined operating state of each of the one or more gensets and coupling one or more loads to the genset system based on the available power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Gayles, Edward Maurer Schroeder, Stephen Charles Nofsinger, Josenia Yuen-Sai Gerdes, Andrew W Black
  • Publication number: 20170324250
    Abstract: A method for controlling a genset system is provided. The method includes recognizing a communication failure between one or more gensets of a plurality of gensets and a control system and determining an operating state of each of the one or more gensets prior to the communication failure. The method further includes operating the genset system, upon communication failure, according to a load control scheme. The load control scheme includes determining an available power of the genset system based on the determined operating state of each of the one or more gensets and coupling one or more loads to the genset system based on the available power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Christopher Gayles, Edward Maurer Schroeder, Stephen Charles Nofsinger, Josenia Yuen-sai Gerdes, Andrew W. Black