US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Sept. 9 for "Methods and systems for implementing a lock-out command on lever machines" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,589, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for implementing a lock-out command on lever machines" was invented by Ethan M. Tevis (Bloomington, Ill.), Michael C. Gentle (Maroa, Ill.), Travis N. Richards (Chillicothe, Ill.), Michael L Repscher (Taylorville, Ill.) and Ernest E. Stoops (Mt. Zion, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique is directed to methods and systems of an implement lock-out on lever-controlled machines. A lock-out system can monitor the position of an implement and lock-out the implement control(s) when the implement is within a threshold distance to parts o...