US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 11 for "System for providing rotary power to implements of machines" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,097, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System for providing rotary power to implements of machines" was invented by Jason Stephen Knowles (Pittsboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, for providing a rotary power to an implement of a machine, includes a first motor control valve associated with a first motor of the machine and a second motor control valve associated with a second motor of the machine. The first motor control valve is configured to be actuated at a first shift point to shift the first motor such that the first motor and the second motor switch between a first implement dr...