US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Feb. 24 for "System and method for delivering beams to predetermined locations of work sites" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,949, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"System and method for delivering beams to predetermined locations of work sites" was invented by Fu P. Yuet (Clayton, N.C.) and Barrett A Flinn (Mount Holly, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivering beams to predetermined locations of a work site includes a sorting assembly, a work machine, and a control system. The sorting assembly receives the beams in loose batches and arranges them in a predefined arrangement. The work machine includes an implement having haul elements. The control system receives an instruction to transfer the beams to t...