US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies on Dec. 2 for "Velocity control for construction machines" (Colorado, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,584, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC (Dayton, Ohio).

"Velocity control for construction machines" was invented by Jason Hill (Superior, Colo.) and Albert Wray (Sidney, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for controlling a velocity of a construction machine operating within a construction site. Sensor data is captured using one or more sensors of the construction machine while the construction machine is moving at the velocity in a forward or a backward direction. An actual surface of the construction site is estimated based on th...