ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,123, issued on April 14, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
"State of compaction indication" was invented by Timothy M. Carda (Big Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a state of compaction of a work material during a compaction operation: a roller associated with a machine for engaging and compacting the work material; a power loss sensor for generating power loss signals indicative of a power loss of the machine; a speed sensor for generating speed signals indicative of a speed of the machine; and a controller that: receives an actual drive power target value, re...