ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,672, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Detection of a rigging installation state" was invented by Aaron J. Gnagey (Morton, Ill.) and Daniel W. Hoyt (Brimfield, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a controller may obtain sensor data indicating positional information of a movable component of a machine. The controller may determine, based on the sensor data, an installation state associated with a rigging system of the machine. The controller may perform, based on the installation state, an action associated with the machine."
The patent was filed on June 28, 2023, under Appl...