US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on July 21 for "Preheating intelligence for electric-hydraulic work vehicles" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,994, issued on July 21, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Preheating intelligence for electric-hydraulic work vehicles" was invented by Michael J. Cliff (Coffeyville, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent work vehicle preheating system includes an electric drive subsystem containing a battery pack, a hydraulic subsystem containing a first hydraulic fluid (HF) heating device, and a first HF temperature sensor. A memory stores a first minimum target temperature at or above which a first hydraulic fluid body contained in the hydraulic subsystem is desirably maintained. A controller architecture selectively pl...