Caterpillar Inc.

Anurag Menon Kunnath

Thomas Jeffrey Crowell

Martin A Lehman

Vincent John Neyens

Tryg Carl Tow

Jon Ashley Johnson

Joseph Brock Oelze

Brian C Hogan

Ross Wetzel

Marian Elizabeth L Neal

A plug configured to be at least partially inserted into a central housing of a turbocharger. The plug includes a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a threaded portion extending from the second end to a location on the body between the first end and the second end. The plug further includes a heat sink coupled to the second end, and a microchip mounted to a substrate that is coupled to the heat sink, the microchip configured to store information related to the turbocharger, wherein the microchip is at least partially submerged in coolant in the central housing when the plug is inserted into the central housing of the turbocharger.

Method and apparatus for tracking a life cycle of turbocharger

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Anurag Menon Kunnath