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Jesse Gerdes — 32 Patents

Caterpillar: 32 patents #81 of 8,398Top 1%
Dunlap, IL: #17 of 474 inventorsTop 4%
Illinois: #1,841 of 84,256 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Jesse Gerdes has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Caterpillar. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in July 2025. Jesse Gerdes ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Jesse Gerdes in Dunlap, IL, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12374888 Voltage source inverter control for unbalanced and nonlinear loads Mahesh Sitaram Illindala, Varsha Sunkara, Seok-hee Han, Jackson Wai, Dachuan Yu 2025-07-29
12142922 Techniques for limiting power using an active front end Seok-hee Han, Jackson Wai 2024-11-12 $118,431,000
12100943 Current protection to prevent overcurrent in electrical grids and motors Jackson Wai, Seok-hee Han 2024-09-24 $200,596,000
12066502 Open phase detection Dachuan Yu, Gregory J. Speckhart 2024-08-20 $90,490,000
11811344 System and method of overcoming a dead-band in a switched reluctance motor Thomas M. Sopko, Carlos E. Nino Baron, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Sajan Abdul +2 more 2023-11-07 $51,451,000
11545922 Power based pulse injection control for SR self sensing James Michael Thorne, Ahmed Khalil, Jackson Wai, Sajan Abdul, Amara Ashfaq 2023-01-03 $107,567,000
11515824 Switched reluctance self sensing active pulse torque compensation Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, James Michael Thorne, Sajan Abdul, Amara Ashfaq 2022-11-29 $67,887,000
10938332 Modified flux observer for switched reluctance machines Ahmed Khalil, James Michael Thorne, Jackson Wai, Amara Ashfaq 2021-03-02 $52,136,000
10897217 Switched reluctance motor control system Ahmed Khalil, Sam Han, James Michael Thorne, Jackson Wai, Carlos E. Nino Baron +1 more 2021-01-19 $79,408,000
10715052 Inverter topology Ahmed Khalil, Jackson Wai, James Michael Thorne, Amir Saad 2020-07-14 $52,653,000
10666182 System to control a rotary electric machine Carlos E. Nino Baron, Ahmed Khalil, Jackson Wai, Sangameshwar Sonth, Amir Saad 2020-05-26 $36,483,000
10193475 Sensorless control of switched reluctance machines for low speeds and standstill Seok-hee Han, Carlos E. Nino Baron, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Ernesto Inoa +1 more 2019-01-29 $29,427,000
10097117 Adjustable pulse injection in electric machine control Ahmed Khalil, Seok-hee Han, Jackson Wai, Sangameshwar Sonth, James Michael Thorne 2018-10-09 $49,915,000
10079566 Pulse injection current pattern for rotor position estimation Ahmed Khalil, Seok-hee Han, Jackson Wai, James Michael Thorne, Sangameshwar Sonth 2018-09-18 $116,433,000
9941831 Switched reluctance motor power estimation compensation for variable DC-link voltage Jason Lee Miller, Ernesto Inoa, Alexander C. Crosman, III, Carlos Eduardo Nino-Baron, Thomas M. Sopko +2 more 2018-04-10 $23,224,000
9899946 Sensorless control of switched reluctance machines Seok-hee Han, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Ernesto Inoa, Sangameshwar Sonth +1 more 2018-02-20 $49,261,000
9800192 Flux estimator for switched reluctance machines Seok-hee Han, Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, James Michael Thorne, Sangameshwar Sonth 2017-10-24 $30,272,000
9702938 Method and apparatus for detecting phase imbalance of an electrical component in a machine Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Benjamin P. Gottemoller 2017-07-11 $22,254,000
9647595 Current profile strategy for minimizing torque ripple and current Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Ernesto Inoa, Ahmed Khalil 2017-05-09 $41,410,000
9625512 Detecting ground fault location Alexander C. Crosman, III, Ernesto Inoa 2017-04-18 $19,273,000
9391555 System and method to control a switched reluctance machine in continuous conduction Jackson Wai, Carlos Nino Baron, Ahmed Khalil 2016-07-12 $13,428,000
9340113 Switched reluctance generator integrated controls Jackson Wai, Thuong Le, Adam C. Braun, James Siegle, Mark Hartman 2016-05-17 $25,610,000
9099954 Enforced zero voltage loop Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil, Carlos Nino Baron, Brad A Kough 2015-08-04 $13,002,000
8975855 Compensating hysteresis bands to hold specified switching frequency Jackson Wai, Ahmed Khalil 2015-03-10 $10,509,000
8975878 Switched reluctance generator integrated controls Jackson Wai, Thuong Le, Adam C. Braun, James Siegle, Mark Hartman 2015-03-10 $10,509,000