ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,007, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Systems and methods of load pre-charging" was invented by Jose Miranda (Peoria, Ill.) and Andrew M. Moruzi (Washington, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for load pre-charging may include a machine having one or more machine batteries, one or more machine loads, and a pre-charge circuit intermediary to the one or more machine batteries and the one or more machine loads. The pre-charge circuit may include a power resistor electrically coupled in series with the one or more machine batteries. The pre-charge circuit may include a plurality of...