US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Aug. 25 for "System for dig stall recovery" (Illinois, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,210, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System for dig stall recovery" was invented by Benjamin J. Hodel (Dunlap, Ill.), Jeffrey K. Berry (Clayton, N.C.), Mo Wei (Dunlap, Ill.), Adam Martin Nackers (Washington, Ill.) and Justin Lee Steinlage (Mackinaw, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine can include a frame; a work tool coupled to the frame wherein the work tool includes a boom, a stick, and a bucket combination; a hydraulic system to provide power to operate the work tool; one or more sensors coupled to the work tool to detect a velocity of the stick and the bucket or a force applied ...