US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 11 for "Contact sensor for detecting loose sprocket segments of a final drive" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,528, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Contact sensor for detecting loose sprocket segments of a final drive" was invented by Michael S Galat (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contact sensor for detecting and notifying a separation of a first component of a machine from a second component of the machine is provided. The contact sensor includes a probe for detecting the separation where the first component and the second component are configured to rotate about a common axis of rotation and the probe is configured to be electrically disconnected at a location of the separation. The conta...