US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Jan. 13 for "Milling machines, systems, and related methods" (Singaporean, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,986, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Milling machines, systems, and related methods" was invented by Eric S. Engelmann (Delano, Minn.), Dario Sansone (Castello d'Argile, Italy), Nathan L. Mashek (Saint Michael, Minn.), Timothy J. Sturos (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Jameson M. Smieja (Mound, Minn.), Anthony Keng Yew Low (Singapore) and Nicholas B. Johnson (Dayton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A milling machine includes a frame, a plurality of wheels or track members coupled to the frame, a moldboard movably coupled to the frame, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The firs...