ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,754, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Load based tracking assist" was invented by Ethan M. Tevis (Bloomington, Ill.) and Michael C. Gentle (Maroa, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reverting an actual heading of a mobile construction equipment subject to load from one or more work implements to a desired heading, the mobile construction equipment having a front frame articulatable with respect to a rear frame, the front frame including a steering apparatus, the system including: a rear inertial motion unit disposed on the rear frame, the rear inertial motion unit for providing an act...