US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for controlling a digging and dumping machine" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,277, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for controlling a digging and dumping machine" was invented by Benjamin J. Hodel (Dunlap, Ill.), Adam M. Nackers (Washington, Ill.), Justin Lee Steinlage (Mackinaw, Ill.) and Mo Wei (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a machine includes a machine body, a linkage assembly, a bucket coupled to the machine body via the linkage assembly, a user interface remote from the machine body, and a controller in communication with the user interface. The controller is configured to receive one or more signals defining a dump...