US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Sept. 8 for "Monitor machine conditions to identify sticking or burning material" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,493, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Monitor machine conditions to identify sticking or burning material" was invented by Mathew J. Hedrington (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paving machine can include a frame including a hopper; a screed coupled to the frame and including a screed plate; a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a paving material in the hopper; a second temperature sensor to measure a second temperature of the screed plate; and a controller to receive the first and second temperatures and configured to determ...