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Brian E. Lister

Caterpillar: 22 patents #164 of 8,398Top 2%
Edwards, IL: #2 of 19 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #3,297 of 84,256 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #188,950 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12258729 System and method for controlling a motor during clutch shifting in a multi-speed electric drivetrain Michael J. Barngrover, Michael D. Beyer 2025-03-25
12157989 Electric powertrain with rimpull torque limit protection Michael D. Beyer 2024-12-03
12134878 Electric powertrain and method of operation 2024-11-05
11835130 Electric drive system for machine configured for switching sensor data sourcing pattern based on health status Michael D. Beyer, Ryan R. Leman 2023-12-05
11421585 Variable speed drive for an accessory drive in a hybrid power system Gaurav Vasudeva 2022-08-23
11174905 Clutch hydraulic control circuit with a pilot operated failure mode response valve Konrad Garrett, Aaron B. Crabtree, Michael D. Beyer, Gaurav Vasudeva 2021-11-16
10801612 Machine transmission with clutch element hydraulic control Gaurav Vasudeva, Konrad Garrett, Aaron B. Crabtree, Michael D. Beyer 2020-10-13
10322723 Variator-assisted transmission and launch control methods for such a transmission 2019-06-18
10190645 Hydraulic circuit for clutch actuation 2019-01-29
10124811 CVT target engine speed control with unreliable output feedback 2018-11-13
9937928 CVT target engine speed control with proportional power output governor 2018-04-10
9855951 CVT target engine speed control for coasting and retarding 2018-01-02
9764740 CVT target engine speed control 2017-09-19
9551414 Synchronizer engagement relative speed-based force profile Tyler Bowman 2017-01-24
8950561 Clutch assembly Gaurav Vasudeva 2015-02-10
8897976 System and method for machine load detection Christopher Rhoades, Michael D. Beyer, Michael J. Barngrover 2014-11-25
8862351 System and method for controlling shift hunting in variable transmissions Michael D. Beyer, Adam Vaccari, Christopher Rhoades, Adam Nackers, Mike Barngrover 2014-10-14
8762014 Variator characterization for feed forward torque control Chad T. Brickner 2014-06-24
8634998 Continuously variable transmission clutch anti-autoengagement in multi-clutch vehicle transmission arrangement Brian D. Kuras, Glen P. Calvert 2014-01-21
8296024 Calibrating transmission motor torque Jason Stoller, Chad T. Brickner 2012-10-23
7353725 Method of shifting gears in a work machine Todd Ryan Kabrich, Tom Brosowke, Vaibhav Shah, Andrew W. Sloan, Richard B. League 2008-04-08
6843755 Power management system Gareth John Estebanez, David L. Collins, James B. Maddock, Larry E. Kendrick, Robert Murray +4 more 2005-01-18