ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,462, issued on April 22, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Modular system mode controller and related methods" was invented by Ankit Sharma (Peoria, Ill.), Michael D. Beyer (Chillicothe, Ill.) and Thomas M. Sopko (East Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a machine includes one or more component controllers for one or more components of the machine. The control system also includes a supervisory controller, connected to the one or more component controllers, and having at least one supervisory processor configured to perform operations comprising receiving supervisory system inputs, includin...