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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2024
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Ryan M. Hinrichsen, Groveland, IL (US);
Daniel R. Puckett, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
In one instance, disclosed herein is a common rail fuel system for an engine system including an engine, the common rail fuel system comprising a controller configured to: detect a start of the engine; increment a PRV opening events counter; determine if a low speed condition of the engine was met before the controller turns off based on sensor data received from a rail pressure sensor or sensor data received from an engine speed sensor; in response to determining that the low speed engine condition was met before the controller turned off, decrement the PRV opening events counter; determine if the PRV opening events counter has exceeded a PRV opening events threshold; and in response to determining that the PRV opening events counter has exceeded the PRV opening events threshold, output a signal indicating that the PRV should be repaired or replaced.