US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment on March 24 for "Autonomous sensor mounting structure for a work machine" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,399, issued on March 24, was assigned to Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC (Denison, Texas).

"Autonomous sensor mounting structure for a work machine" was invented by Madeline Elizabeth Pearce (Lisle, Ill.), Michael J. Donnel (Decatur, Ill.) and Nikhil Sharma (Forsyth, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine having a frame, a ground engaging member supporting the frame, an engine supported by the frame, a control module configured to control operation of the work machine, a bumper associated with the frame forward of the engine, the bumper supporting a walkway for a person to access the engine and the control module...