US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on July 29 for "Methods and systems for generating power for work machine" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,904, issued on July 29, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Methods and systems for generating power for work machine" was invented by Mathew J. Hedrington (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a paver work machine, one or more tow machines, and a controller. The paver includes a motor-generator unit (MGU) selectively operable in a motor mode and a generator mode, and a power source electrically connected to the MGU and configured to supply electrical power to and receive electrical power from the MGU. Each of the one or more tow machines are configured to be connected...