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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2019
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies Llc, Dayton, OH (US);
Conwell K. Rife, Jr., Wayzata, MN (US);
Eric S. Engelmann, Delano, MN (US);
Mark A. Tarvin, Canton, IL (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A machine for road work can comprise a frame, a plurality of ground engaging units, a plurality of vertically moveable legs, each leg connecting one of the plurality of ground engaging units to the frame, a pair of spatial sensors, such as global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensors, and a controller configured to, in response to a three-dimensional signal received from each of the spatial sensors, activate at least some of the plurality of vertically moveable legs.