ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,159, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Configurable monitor and parts management system" was invented by Brian B. Steketee (Grand Rapids, Mich.), David W. Baarman (Fennville, Mich.), Mark Strayer (Rockford, Mich.) and Thad Senti (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heavy-duty interactive (HDi) system may include a heavy-duty vehicle; a work tool installed on the heavy-duty vehicle; a memory that stores a plurality of patterns representing operation events for the heavy-duty vehicle; a first sensor affixed to the heavy-duty vehicle that collects first sensor data as the heavy-duty vehicle...