US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on March 24 for "Fleet and trolley system for zero-emission machines" (Illinois, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,326, issued on March 24, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Fleet and trolley system for zero-emission machines" was invented by Stefan J. Wulf (Washington, Ill.), Cameron T. Lane (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Daniel J. Organ (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fleet and trolley system, a first method of charging a work machine, and a second method of charging a fleet of work machines are disclosed. The fleet and trolley system includes a trolley network, at least one zero-emission work machine, and a controller. The controller manages a scheduled usage of the trolley network, a power draw, and a distribution of ...