US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies on June 17 for "Implement-on-ground detection using vibration signals" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,270, issued on June 17, was assigned to Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC (Dayton, Ohio).

"Implement-on-ground detection using vibration signals" was invented by Jung Hyun Jun (Canterbury, New Zealand), Peter France (Canterbury, New Zealand), Alistair Baker (Canterbury, New Zealand), Colin Daniell (Canterbury, New Zealand), Alan Greenstreet (Canterbury, New Zealand) and Jeremy Wyn-Harris (Canterbury, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for determining a period during which an implement of a construction machine is interacting with a ground surface. A vibrat...