ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,764, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Modular resistor grid to achieve "black box" resistance" was invented by Dennis Christopher Agee (Newark, Texas), Drew Devlin Carlton (Peoria, Ill.) and Jacob Dean Randall (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods relate to modular resistor grid assemblies having a "black box" resistance. The modular resistor grid assemblies include a first plurality of first resistor plates having a first thickness disposed within a first housing. The first housing has a first input and output terminal. The first resistor plates provide a t...