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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Frelich, Albertville, MN (US);
Kyle David Hendricks, St. Francis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 11/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); G01S 19/39 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 11/00 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compactor gathers GPS, orientation and wheel slip data to identify the location of a soft spot in a surface that is being compacted and to isolate the soft spot to a particular side of the compactor if the wheel slip data indicates that the soft spot is located beneath only one of the compactor wheels. The GPS, orientation and wheel slip data are displayed as location information to an operator and/or sent to a remote location to facilitate the fast and accurate repair of the soft spot.