US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Aug. 4 for "Paving machine including screed assembly with compression mechanisms" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,603, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Paving machine including screed assembly with compression mechanisms" was invented by Reece Berns (Blaine, Minn.), Ryan Todd Thiesse (Otsego, Minn.) and Toby Frelich (Saint Michael, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screed assembly for a paving machine includes a screed plate, an end gate, and compression mechanisms. The screed plate paves a material to form a mat on a work surface. The end gate restricts a spread of the material in a lateral direction of the paving machine. The end gate includes a support structure and a floating wal...