US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Dec. 16 for "Method and system for operating motor graders" (Illinois, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,753, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Method and system for operating motor graders" was invented by Jody McDiffett (Wamego, Kan.), Michael C. Gentle (Maroa, Ill.) and Ethan Tevis (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to shut down a motor grader is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining information that indicates the motor grader is to be shutdown. The method further includes causing a parking brake of the motor grader to be in a braked position, and a transmission of the motor grader to be in a neutral position. The method further includes causing an implement to be moved t...