ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,668, issued on May 12, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Engine system and method for determining fuel characteristics" was invented by Michael Graziano (Washington, Ill.) and Jason J. Rasmussen (Hopewell, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a fuel characteristic, the method including receiving a gaseous fuel within a gaseous fuel rail of a dual fuel engine configured to run on at least the gaseous fuel and a diesel fuel. The method may include receiving a pressure signal from a pressure sensor indicating a pressure of the gaseous fuel within the gaseous fuel rail, and identifying at least one ...