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Brian E. Lister — 24 Patents

Caterpillar: 24 patents #141 of 8,398Top 2%
Edwards, IL: #2 of 19 inventorsTop 15%
Illinois: #2,896 of 84,256 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Brian E. Lister has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in December 2025. Brian E. Lister ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Brian E. Lister in Edwards, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2005 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2014.peak 42005: 1 patents20052008: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 4 patents2015: 1 patents20152017: 2 patents2018: 3 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12504069 Gear shifting process for powertrain transmission Bernard Murphy 2025-12-23
12460715 Lubrication system for a traction powertrain Michael D. Beyer, Alex M. Fullenkamp 2025-11-04
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 $103,290,000
12134878 Electric powertrain and method of operation 2024-11-05 $238,934,000
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 $186,022,000
11421585 Variable speed drive for an accessory drive in a hybrid power system Gaurav Vasudeva 2022-08-23 $77,017,000
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 $28,059,000
10801612 Machine transmission with clutch element hydraulic control Gaurav Vasudeva, Konrad Garrett, Aaron B. Crabtree, Michael D. Beyer 2020-10-13 $84,407,000
10322723 Variator-assisted transmission and launch control methods for such a transmission 2019-06-18 $25,135,000
10190645 Hydraulic circuit for clutch actuation 2019-01-29 $29,427,000
10124811 CVT target engine speed control with unreliable output feedback 2018-11-13 $82,904,000
9937928 CVT target engine speed control with proportional power output governor 2018-04-10 $23,224,000
9855951 CVT target engine speed control for coasting and retarding 2018-01-02 $30,490,000
9764740 CVT target engine speed control 2017-09-19 $31,388,000
9551414 Synchronizer engagement relative speed-based force profile Tyler Bowman 2017-01-24 $14,991,000
8950561 Clutch assembly Gaurav Vasudeva 2015-02-10 $9,860,000
8897976 System and method for machine load detection Christopher Rhoades, Michael D. Beyer, Michael J. Barngrover 2014-11-25 $27,762,000
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 $19,744,000
8762014 Variator characterization for feed forward torque control Chad T. Brickner 2014-06-24 $49,064,000
8634998 Continuously variable transmission clutch anti-autoengagement in multi-clutch vehicle transmission arrangement Brian D. Kuras, Glen P. Calvert 2014-01-21 $35,685,000
8296024 Calibrating transmission motor torque Jason Stoller, Chad T. Brickner 2012-10-23 $36,830,000
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 $33,860,000
6843755 Power management system Gareth John Estebanez, David L. Collins, James B. Maddock, Larry E. Kendrick, Robert Murray +4 more 2005-01-18 $14,859,000