ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,816, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Irving, Texas).
"System and method for reducing cargo damage of loading machine" was invented by Joseph E. Forcash (Clayton, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for adjusting parameters on a machine that operates at least semi-autonomously and includes a lifting tool to lift or tilt a load. The system includes: an accelerometer, a rotational sensor, a positioning receiver, a level actuator and a tilt actuator to adjust a level and a tilt of the lifting tool, respectively, a speed control system to adjust a speed of the machine; and a controller on the machine to: acce...