ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,120, issued on April 14, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
"Obtaining paving material mat characteristics" was invented by Jonathan A. Anderson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and John Marsolek (Watertown, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a control system may include at least one total station prism connected to a screed assembly of a paving machine, and a controller. The controller may be configured to obtain paving information that indicates locations of edges of a mat of paving material deposited by the paving machine. The paving information may indicate the locations of th...