ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,994, issued on April 21, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Diagnostic system for monitoring a hydraulic system" was invented by Rahul Janarthanan (Columbus, Ind.), Micah Uemura (Columbus, Ind.), John Ringstad (Columbus, Ind.) and John P. O'Brien (Columbus, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic system for determining a performance status of a hydraulic system of an electric work machine, the hydraulic system having a first hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor for pumping hydraulic fluid within the hydraulic system, the system comprising: a hydraulic diagnostic module configured to receive a first operat...