ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,203, issued on May 5, was assigned to IDAHO ASPHALT SUPPLY INC. (Idaho Falls, Idaho).
"Machine, system and method for road construction" was invented by Huachun Zhai (Boise, Idaho), Scott McGowan (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), Alejandro Rosales (Nampa, Idaho) and Douglas R. Olsen (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine is disclosed for use building a road. The machine may include a vehicle, and a distribution arrangement mounted to the vehicle and configured to distribute a material on to a surface as the vehicle moves over the surface. The machine may also include at least one sensor mounted to the vehicle and configured to gene...