US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 3 for "Monitoring integrity of charging rail system" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,174, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Monitoring integrity of charging rail system" was invented by Michael Dennis Braunstein (Washington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Machines can operate based on electricity received from a charging rail system installed along a route at a worksite. Sensors on the machines capture image data indicating locations and/or orientations of components of the charging rail system. Machine controllers of the machine, and/or a worksite controller, can monitor the integrity of the charging rail system by detecting possible faults if the locations and/or orientations o...