US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 28 for "Auger and conveyor speed control" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,671, issued on July 28, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Auger and conveyor speed control" was invented by Reece Berns (Blaine, Minn.) and Jacob R. Ellwein (Oak Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paving system includes a paving machine including a drive assembly, a paving material delivery system, and a material depth sensor. The paving material delivery system includes a hopper, a conveyor assembly, an auger, and a screed. The material depth sensor is configured to detect a head of paving material in front of the screed. The paving machine further includes a controller in communication with the material d...