US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on April 29 for "Motor grader application segmentation for lever control" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,770, issued on April 29, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Motor grader application segmentation for lever control" was invented by Jeremy G Valeck (Mt Zion, Ill.) and John B. Hessling III (Marquette Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever-operated motor grader can include a front end including a pair of steerable tires connected to the front end; a rear end pivotally connected to the front end at an articulation joint, the rear end including a power source operatively coupled to at least two driven tires; a drawbar-circle-moldboard assembly having a blade, the drawbar-circle-moldboard assembly configured ...