US Patent Issued to Cummins on March 24 for "Turbocharger controls" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,439, issued on March 24, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Turbocharger controls" was invented by Bryce A. Heckaman (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process includes operating an electronic control system to control operation of an engine system. The operating includes operating the engine at an engine speed and an EGR fraction and the turbocharger within a steady state speed limit, in response to the engine speed and the EGR fraction, setting an actuator limit on position of the turbine actuator, and in response to a change in one or both of the speed of the engine and the EGR fraction, proactively ...