ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,100, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Injector valve force control" was invented by Mitchell B. Juchems (Eureka, Ill.), Daniel R. Puckett (Peoria, Ill.) and Michael Linde (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes applying a first current to a control valve having an actuated state and a resting state, the first current causing the control valve to move from the resting state to the actuated state. The method includes applying a second current that causes the control valve to remain in the actuated state, the second current having an amplitude that is lower than an amplitude of ...