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Brian D. Hoff — 46 Patents

Caterpillar: 46 patents #34 of 8,398Top 1%
East Peoria, IL: #4 of 393 inventorsTop 2%
Illinois: #957 of 84,256 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #62,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
46 Patents All Time
Brian D. Hoff has been granted 46 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in May 2022. Brian D. Hoff ranks #62,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Brian D. Hoff in East Peoria, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 46 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11333140 Cooling block for multi-cylinder air compressor Daniel Hahn 2022-05-17 $87,917,000
11208994 Air compressor system control Daniel Hahn 2021-12-28 $42,864,000
10543443 Air intake system for engines Kraig M. Love 2020-01-28 $15,478,000
10415517 Exhaust scavenging system for an engine system 2019-09-17 $79,032,000
9970347 Cooling system having pulsed fan control Ryan Robert Stoffel, Mark E. Rettig 2018-05-15 $55,103,000
9969402 Transmission system having efficiency-based speed control Suman Goli, Mark E. Rettig 2018-05-15 $55,103,000
9689319 Power system having efficiency-based speed control Mark E. Rettig, Suman Goli 2017-06-27 $27,101,000
9556807 Transmission system having temperature based input control Mark E. Rettig, Michael D. Beyer, Steven Donald Spencer 2017-01-31 $14,857,000
9551275 Cooling system having pulsed fan control Ryan Robert Stoffel, Mark E. Rettig 2017-01-24 $14,991,000
9440656 Torque control for dog clutch differential engagement 2016-09-13 $12,344,000
9096231 Rollback prevention system for mobile machine SriVidya Lavanya Kamisetty 2015-08-04 $13,002,000
9097344 Automatic shift control system for a powertrain and method Sri Vidya Kamisetty, Chad T. Brickner, Aaron R. Shatters, Wayne E. Harshberger, II, Mark E. Rettig +1 more 2015-08-04 $13,002,000
9046160 Control system for differential of machine Mark E. Rettig 2015-06-02 $26,094,000
8954213 Engine starting strategy to avoid resonant frequency Timothy M. O'Donnell, Evan Jacobson 2015-02-10 $9,860,000
8918258 System and method for avoiding engine underspeed and stall Michael J. Barngrover, Mark E. Rettig 2014-12-23 $24,005,000
8744707 CVT control using state space based gain scheduling Wei Li 2014-06-03 $83,759,000
8738250 Power source speed control in a machine with a CVT 2014-05-27 $31,742,000
8725366 CVT control system having variable power source speed Milton Carter Hubbard, Mark E. Rettig, Steven J. Juricak 2014-05-13 $59,107,000
8622871 Control arrangement and method of controlling a transmission in a machine 2014-01-07 $13,108,000
8571774 Propulsion system with a continuously variable transmission Kristofor Lee Dahl, Richard G. Ingram, Michael A. Spielman, Benjamin B. Schmuck, Alberto Martinez, Jr. +1 more 2013-10-29 $32,161,000
8554428 CVT control system having variable power source speed Milton Carter Hubbard, Mark E. Rettig, Steven J. Juricak 2013-10-08 $190,893,000
8491444 Transmission control system Wei Li, Randall T. Anderson 2013-07-23 $22,875,000
8360180 System for controlling a hybrid energy system Sivaprasad Akasam 2013-01-29 $22,385,000
8321105 Propulsion system with a continuously variable transmission Kristofor Lee Dahl, Richard G. Ingram, Michael A. Spielman, Benjamin B. Schmuck, Alberto Martinez, Jr. +1 more 2012-11-27 $44,401,000
8216109 Torque-based control system for a continuously variable transmission Kristofor Lee Dahl, Richard G. Ingram, Michael A. Spielman, Benjamin B. Schmuck, Alberto Martinez, Jr. +1 more 2012-07-10 $83,747,000