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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Inventor:
Kent A. Hoisington, Mound, MN (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 19/48 (2006.01); E01C 19/00 (2006.01); E01C 23/07 (2006.01); G01B 21/08 (2006.01); G01B 5/06 (2006.01); E01C 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 19/006 (2013.01); E01C 19/42 (2013.01); E01C 19/48 (2013.01); E01C 23/07 (2013.01); G01B 5/06 (2013.01); G01B 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A paving system includes a paving machine and a controller. The paving machine includes a drive assembly, a paving material delivery system, including a hopper, a conveyor assembly, an auger, and a screed assembly, and at least one material sensor configured to monitor a delivery of paving material from the hopper to the auger by the conveyor assembly. The controller is coupled to the at least one material sensor and the conveyor assembly to control the delivery of paving material from the hopper to a ground surface.