ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,231, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).
"Control system" was invented by Lee Harper (Uttoxeter, Great Britain) and Tom Rushton (Uttoxeter, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for an off-highway working machine includes a ground engaging propulsion structure for propelling the working machine, a body supported on the ground engaging propulsion structure, a drive arrangement, and a transmission operable to transmit drive to the ground engaging propulsion structure. The control system calculates a travel energy threshold required to enable the working ma...