US Patent Issued to LEICA GEOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY on June 30 for "Inline blade wear estimation based on processed soil surface" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,950, issued on June 30, was assigned to LEICA GEOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY A/S (Odense So, Denmark).

"Inline blade wear estimation based on processed soil surface" was invented by Michael Goulet Kean (Odense C, Denmark), Tommi Juhani Kauppinen (Odense C, Denmark) and Morten Nissen (Odense M, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for deriving a wear state of a soil interaction component of a soil processing implement of a construction vehicle. The method comprises steps of 1.) providing a geometry model regarding an assumed shape of the soil interaction component, 2.) engaging the soil by using the soil interaction component and tr...