US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on June 2 for "Transport vehicle positioning for paving train machines" (North Carolina, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,233, issued on June 2, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Transport vehicle positioning for paving train machines" was invented by Elizabeth R.K. Brockman (Charlotte, N.C.) and Eric S. Engelmann (Delano, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for directing transport vehicles based on real-time operating parameters of a paving train machine comprises estimating a material productivity value at a current location of the paving train machine, comparing the material productivity value to a threshold productivity value, generating a predicted location for the paving train machine when the thres...