ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,735, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
"Automatic material feed adjustment system" was invented by Jacob A. Simmer (Chaska, Minn.) and Mathew J. Hedrington (Ham Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paving machine includes a frame, a drive assembly including a steering mechanism, a hopper, a screed assembly, a material delivery system disposed on the frame and configured to transport a volume of paving material to the screed assembly, and a material feed adjustment system. The material delivery system includes a left conveyor having a left conveyor speed, a right conveyor...