US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on May 13 for "Automatic work machine condition monitoring and control module" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,621, issued on May 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Automatic work machine condition monitoring and control module" was invented by Jacob C. Maley (Germantown Hills, Ill.) and Justin Lee Steinlage (Mackinaw, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic condition monitoring and control system for a work machine may include an electronic control module configured for arrangement on the work machine. The electronic control module may be configured to monitor multiple conditions of the work machine and compare the multiple conditions to respective thresholds. The electronic control module may also be configured t...