US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 3 for "Auto-level and down-force control in a work machine having articulating arms" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,476, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Auto-level and down-force control in a work machine having articulating arms" was invented by Mark William Thompson (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine, such as an excavator or a backhoe, has a linkage of articulating arms for maneuvering a changeable work tool. Position and motion sensors and force sensors within the linkage provide data for a controller to determine a location of the work tool and down force applied from the linkage onto the work tool during a job. Before performing a grading operation, an operator may request level contro...