US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 25 for "Identification of a track based on track bolt orientation" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,404, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Identification of a track based on track bolt orientation" was invented by David M Longanbach (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for identifying a track based on orientation information of one or more bolt heads on ground-engaging sides of one or more undercarriage joints of the track are provided. The method includes receiving the orientation information of the one or more bolt heads on ground-engaging sides of the one or more undercarriage joints of the track, generating one or more...