US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on July 7 for "Machine traction indication for remote control" (Minnesota, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,660, issued on July 7, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Machine traction indication for remote control" was invented by Nathaniel Doy (Maple Grove, Minn.), John Marsolek (Watertown, Minn.) and Vijay Ramasamy (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system identifies traction reduction of a mobile machine at a worksite. The mobile machine include a traction device for engaging a ground surface, a drive system for commanding a target speed of the mobile machine, and a positioning system for detecting an actual speed of the mobile machine. The system includes a remote control site for transmitting commands to the m...