Patents by Inventor Ronald Paul DETTMAN

Ronald Paul DETTMAN 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: 11293167
    Abstract: A work machine is disclosed. The work machine may include a frame, an implement system coupled to the frame, one or more sensing devices, and a control unit in communication with the implement system and the one or more sensing devices. The one or more sensing devices may be configured to transmit sensing device data relating to an operation of the implement system. The control unit may receive the sensing device data, compare the sensing device data with a stall threshold, and initiate a stall timer based on determining that the sensing device data satisfies the stall threshold. The stall timer may be configured to measure a stall duration. The control unit may compare the stall duration with a duration threshold, identify a stall event based on determining that the stall duration satisfies the duration threshold, and cause an action to be performed based on the stall event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Cowper, Ronald Paul Dettman, Cody Joshua Ryerson
  • Publication number: 20210071389
    Abstract: A work machine is disclosed. The work machine may include a frame, an implement system coupled to the frame, one or more sensing devices, and a control unit in communication with the implement system and the one or more sensing devices. The one or more sensing devices may be configured to transmit sensing device data relating to an operation of the implement system. The control unit may receive the sensing device data, compare the sensing device data with a stall threshold, and initiate a stall timer based on determining that the sensing device data satisfies the stall threshold. The stall timer may be configured to measure a stall duration. The control unit may compare the stall duration with a duration threshold, identify a stall event based on determining that the stall duration satisfies the duration threshold, and cause an action to be performed based on the stall event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Lance COWPER, Ronald Paul DETTMAN, Cody Joshua RYERSON
  • Publication number: 20200207318
    Abstract: A braking control device is disclosed. The braking control device may include one or more processors, communicatively coupled to one or more memories, to: determine a threshold for triggering a brake dragging event for a machine based on one or more parameters relating to activity of the machine; determine, based on a set of sensor measurements, that the threshold for triggering the brake dragging event is satisfied for a threshold quantity of time intervals; and perform a brake dragging response action based on determining that the threshold for triggering the brake dragging event is satisfied for the threshold quantity of time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Paul DETTMAN, Lance COWPER, Nathaniel DOY