ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,752, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Work tool position control" was invented by Mark William Thompson (Manhattan, Kan.) and Aaron Dean Kovar (Topeka, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work tool position control for a work machine is disclosed. A bucket control is used to adjust the bucket of the work tool relative to an arm of a work machine. A controller receives a bucket movement signal from the bucket control and moves the bucket. A thumb position sensor is used to measure an opening angle between a thumb of the work tool and the bucket, and the measured opening angle is sent from the thum...