US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 25 for "Engine oil consumption detection using oil level and machine tilt" (Indiana, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,813, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Engine oil consumption detection using oil level and machine tilt" was invented by Michael J. Campagna (Chillicothe, Ill.) and Jon S. Okenfuss (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting oil consumption includes an internal combustion engine, an oil container configured to receive oil, oil in the oil container having an oil level, an oil level sensor configured to output a signal indicative of the oil level, and a tilt sensor configured to output a signal indicative of an inclination of the oil container. The system further includes a co...