US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Oct. 27 for "Fuel type detection for internal combustion engine" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,687, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Fuel type detection for internal combustion engine" was invented by Bobby John (Peoria, Ill.), Jonathan W. Anders (Peoria, Ill.) and Michael Bardell (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling an internal combustion engine includes an internal combustion engine configured to combust a plurality of fuels including a first fuel having a first energy density and a second fuel having a second energy density, a fuel injector configured to inject the first fuel and to inject the second fuel, and a sensor configured to generate signals that i...