ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,531, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Remote control console for a machine" was invented by Randall Todd Anderson (Peoria, Ill.) and Machael William Bridenbaugh (Sewickley, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control console or operator's station includes a proportional travel control joystick that effects continuous changes in machine travel speed through movement of the joystick away from a central-biased position, a sensor that measures progressively changing positions of the joystick, and an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and the joystick. The electronic contr...