Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Predicting Track Assembly Component Failure Using Direct Oil Contact Sensor Device' Filed by Caterpillar Inc.

MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517000506 A) filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, U.S.A., on Jan. 2, for 'predicting track assembly component failure using direct oil contact sensor device.'

Inventor(s) include Galat, Michael S.; Johannsen, Eric J.; and Akinlua, Temitope O.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In some implementations, one or more devices (178, 180) may determine whether an electrical circuit is closed or open, the electrical circuit including electrodes (330) of the sensor device (180), the electrical circuit being closed based on the electrodes (3...