Patents by Inventor Santosh Ancha

Santosh Ancha 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: 9534616
    Abstract: A system for determining an estimated output from a variable displacement hydraulic pump includes a prime mover, a torque sensor, a pressure sensor, and a displacement sensor. A controller is configured to determine the output torque from the prime mover, determine an input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump based upon the output torque, determine an output from one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor based upon the signals. The controller is further configured to determine a failure of another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor and determine an estimated output from the another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor based upon the input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump and the output from the one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh Ancha, Aleksandar Egelja, Hongliu Du, Takayuki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9404516
    Abstract: A system for determining an estimated output from a variable displacement hydraulic pump includes a prime mover, and torque, pressure, and displacement sensors. A controller determines the output torque from the prime mover, determines an input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump based upon the output torque, determines an output from one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor, and determines an inertia torque loss based upon the angular acceleration of the prime mover. The controller further determines a failure of another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor and determines an estimated output from the another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor based upon the input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump, the output from the one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor, and the inertia torque loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Hongliu Du, Aleksandar Egelja, Santosh Ancha
  • Publication number: 20160208832
    Abstract: A system for determining an estimated output from a variable displacement hydraulic pump includes a prime mover, and torque, pressure, and displacement sensors. A controller determines the output torque from the prime mover, determines an input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump based upon the output torque, determines an output from one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor, and determines an inertia torque loss based upon the angular acceleration of the prime mover. The controller further determines a failure of another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor and determines an estimated output from the another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor based upon the input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump, the output from the one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor, and the inertia torque loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Hongliu DU, Aleksandar EGELJA, Santosh ANCHA
  • Publication number: 20160208831
    Abstract: A system for determining an estimated output from a variable displacement hydraulic pump includes a prime mover, a torque sensor, a pressure sensor, and a displacement sensor. A controller is configured to determine the output torque from the prime mover, determine an input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump based upon the output torque, determine an output from one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor based upon the signals. The controller is further configured to determine a failure of another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor and determine an estimated output from the another of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor based upon the input torque to the variable displacement hydraulic pump and the output from the one of the pressure sensor and the displacement sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Santosh ANCHA, Aleksandar EGELJA, Hongliu DU, Takayuki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20160138619
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a first pump to provided pressurized fluid to a first hydraulic circuit and a second pump to provide pressurized fluid to a second hydraulic circuit. When the hydraulic system is in an energy conservation mode, the output power of the first pump is reduced to less than the hydraulic power demand of the first hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jiao Zhang, Tonglin Shang, Santosh Ancha, Pengfei Ma