US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on April 7 for "System for determining position of service pin within pinhole of work machines" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,004, issued on April 7, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System for determining position of service pin within pinhole of work machines" was invented by Faheem Mohammed Konnakkodan (Kozhikode, India), Riley Aaron Albers (Marana, Ariz.), Matthew Thomas Hansen (Big Rock, Ill.) and David Michael Worth (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a position of a pin inserted within a pinhole of a work machine is disclosed. The system includes a follower, a sensor, and a controller. The follower is biased to be in contact with the pin to follow the pin throughout a movement of the pin within t...