US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on June 23 for "Systems and methods for venting a pressurized fluid used as a fuel in an engine" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,971, issued on June 23, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for venting a pressurized fluid used as a fuel in an engine" was invented by Andrew Jordon Neaville (Mt. Pulaski, Ill.), Jeffrey Michael Thate (Washington, Ill.), Zachary Scott Engstrom (East Peoria, Ill.), Michael T. Graziano Jr. (Washington, Ill.) and Ryan Michael Snodgrass (Fowler, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for venting gaseous fuel from an engine of an engine system are described. The engine system includes multiple vent valves that allow a controller of the engine system to vent different volumes of a fuel f...