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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2024
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Rodney Lee Menold, Hanna City, IL (US);
Jason Lee Miller, Princeville, IL (US);
Matthew Lawrence Hendrickson, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
In some implementations, a supervisory electronic control unit (ECU) may output, to a first controller, a first control signal commanding the first controller to provide a first voltage to a first bus during a bleed-down operation. The supervisory ECU may output, to a second controller, a second control signal commanding the second controller to provide a second voltage to a second bus during the bleed-down operation. The supervisory ECU may activate, during the bleed-down operation, a sinking device electrically connected to the first bus and the second bus.