ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,332, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Wacker Neuson America Corp. (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).
"Genset with supplementary load device" was invented by Donovan Knutson (Slinger, Wis.), Vaibhav Munde (Germantown, Wis.), Paul Pribyl (Grafton, Wis.), Lucas Nowicki (Milwaukee) and Nicholas Phung (Oak Creek, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A genset is equipped with an electrically powered supplemental load device (SLD) that controls an aspect of engine operation. A controller controls the SLD to increase electrical load on the alternator and, thus, increase mechanical load on the engine, if monitored engine load is beneath a threshold. T...