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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2010
Michael Gordon Onsager, Franklin, WI (US);
Joseph Helfrich, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Dave L. Perugini, Kenosha, WI (US);
Wayne George Chmiel, Norway, WI (US);
Peter James Miller, Brookfield, WI (US);
Michael Gordon Onsager, Franklin, WI (US);
Joseph Helfrich, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Dave L. Perugini, Kenosha, WI (US);
Wayne George Chmiel, Norway, WI (US);
Peter James Miller, Brookfield, WI (US);
Caterpillar Global Mining LLC, South Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Heavy equipment includes a body, an electrical bus, and working components coupled to the body and powered by electricity conveyed via the electrical bus. The heavy equipment further includes a generator set providing an electrical output to the electrical bus, an energy storage element configured to be coupled to the electrical bus, and a computerized controller coupled to the energy storage element. The computerized controller includes a logic module for coupling the energy storage element to the electrical bus in advance of a predicted increase in demand upon the electrical bus, where the increase in demand is anticipated by the computerized controller as forthcoming based upon extrapolation, at least in part, from data related to a previous operation of the heavy equipment.