US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Underground Mining on May 13 for "Systems and methods for operating a controller area network" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,758, issued on May 13, was assigned to Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. (Tasmania, Australia).

"Systems and methods for operating a controller area network" was invented by Brodie L. Thompson (West Ulverstone, Australia) and Steven Robert Krause (Chillicothe, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine using a distributed controller network that provides for redundant data buses is described herein. The work machine uses a controller area network that provides for redundant data buses for tier 1 controllers, or controllers that are determined to have a higher degree of importance when compared to other controllers. The ...