MUMBAI, India, July 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411099451 A) filed by Caterpillar Inc. on December 16, 2024, for Remote System And Method For Regulating Temperature Of Operator Cabin Of Work Machine.

Inventors include Sreekanth Chakravarthy Gomadam; Gowtham Kumar; Pradheep Arumugam Shanmugasundaram; Aswak Shanavaz; and Vijeendra Nadgir.

The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.

Abstract: A remote system (200) for regulating a temperature of an operator cabin (106) of a work machine (100) includes a controller (212) which determines if at least one door (118) and at least one window (120) of the work machine (100) are closed, determines that a current temperature of the operator cabin (106) is outside of a desired temperature range (T1), determines that a current voltage of a battery system (122) of the work machine (100) is above a predetermined threshold (V1), determines that a parking brake (124) of the work machine (100) is in an applied state, and turns ON a power source (104) and an HVAC system (126) of the work machine (100) based on determining that the door and the is closed, the current temperature of the operator cabin (106) is outside of the desired temperature range (T1), the current voltage of the battery system (122) is above the predetermined threshold (V1), and the parking brake (124) is in the applied state.

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