US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 4 for "Collision avoidance system and method for avoiding collision of work machine with obstacles" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,379, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Collision avoidance system and method for avoiding collision of work machine with obstacles" was invented by Jacob Maley (Germantown Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collision avoidance system for a work machine includes at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a presence of at least one obstacle in a surrounding area of the work machine. The collision avoidance system also includes a controller communicably coupled with the sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal indicative of the presence of the obstacle i...