US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Feb. 17 for "Engine-driven air compressor/generator load priority control system and method" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,962, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Engine-driven air compressor/generator load priority control system and method" was invented by Daniel C. Fosbinder (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, in one embodiment, may include a portable unit having an engine, a generator coupled to the engine, a compressor coupled to the engine, and a priority load controller. The controller may be configured to adjust various loads on the engine, the generator, or the compressor, or a combination thereof, in response to a priority control scheme. A computer-implemented method, in another em...