US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for operating snow wings of motor graders" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,993, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for operating snow wings of motor graders" was invented by Michael C. Gentle (Maroa, Ill.), Ethan M. Tevis (Bloomington, Ill.) and David L. Cox (Monticello, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for operating a grading machine. The method includes (i) receiving information regarding material on a surface, and the grading machine is configured to travel on the surface and move the material on the surface; (ii) determining a set of parameters for operating the grading machine, and the set of parameters include an articulation...