ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,991, issued on March 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Pressure modulating clutch control assembly" was invented by Aaron B. Crabtree (Metamora, Ill.), John M. Seipold (Peoria, Ill.), Nathan J Adams (Metamora, Ill.) and Caitlyn D. Eng (Aurora, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one instance, disclosed herein is a pressure modulating clutch control assembly that includes: a valve assembly configured to apply a clutch pressure to a clutch device; a pressure modulation assembly in fluid communication with the valve assembly and configured to control a maximum pressure level that the clutch pressure reaches; and ...