ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,860, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Mat coasting enablement for asphalt compactor" was invented by Nathaniel S. Doy (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Nicholas A. Oetken (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compactor for operation on a surface includes: a frame; at least one compacting drum coupled to the frame; a drive system for accelerating and decelerating the compactor at an acceleration rate and a deceleration rate, respectively; and a controller for: controlling the drive system, and based on at least one variable, altering at least one of the acceleration rate and the deceleration...