ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,488, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Cross slope with grade compensation" was invented by Michael C. Gentle (Maroa, Ill.) and Ethan M. Tevis (Bloomington, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile construction equipment for operation on a surface having at least one longitudinal slope grade includes: a blade that is movable with respect to the mobile construction equipment, the blade having a first blade side and a second blade side opposite the first blade side, the blade imparting at least one cross slope grade on the surface; and a controller for receiving the at least one longitudinal slope g...