US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for identifying and locating missing or damaged ground-engaging tools" (Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,287, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for identifying and locating missing or damaged ground-engaging tools" was invented by Shawn N. Mathew (Savoy, Ill.), Arthur Milkowski (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Subhani M. Shaik (Peoria, Ill.) and Norman Lay (Baden, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring and confirming damaged or missing ground-engaging tools at a worksite includes receiving an alert associated with a damaged or missing ground-engaging tool of an earthmoving machine, receiving a confirmation for the damaged or missing tool, and generating a containment area re...