ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,986, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
"Machine charging and file handling" was invented by Matthew Thomas Hanson (St Louis Park, Minn.), John L. Marsolek (Watertown, Minn.) and Nathaniel S Doy (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes establishing a data connection between a first controller, and a second controller of a mobile machine. The method also includes causing, by the first controller, a charging unit to direct electrical current to an energy storage device of the mobile machine. The method further includes receiving, by the first controlle...