US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 3 for "Keep-out systems, methods, and controllers for a surface-engaging implement of a mobile machine" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,475, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Keep-out systems, methods, and controllers for a surface-engaging implement of a mobile machine" was invented by Christopher M. Gerth (Chillicothe, Ill.) and Bradley P. Krone (Dunlap, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile machine for operation at a work site having a work surface includes: a frame; a traction device mounted to the frame for moving the mobile machine with respect to the work surface; a surface-engaging implement mounted to the frame, the surface-engaging implement being raisable and lowerable with respect to the frame; a first sensor for pr...