ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,573, issued on April 14, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
"Belt slip measurement system" was invented by John Lee Marsolek (Watertown, Minn.), Jeremy Wayne Lee (Otsego, Minn.), Jacob J. McAlpine (Ostego, Minn.) and Matthew Thomas Hanson (St. Louis Park, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a cold planer includes a speed sensor and a controller. The speed sensor is operatively coupled with a conveyor belt of the cold planer. The conveyor belt is configured to be driven by a motor. The controller is communicably coupled with the speed sensor and the motor. The controller con...