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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2020
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Todd A. Impola, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Timothy M. O'Donnell, Long Lake, MN (US);
Jacob J. McAlpine, Otsego, MN (US);
John L. Marsolek, Watertown, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A soil compactor machine can include: a machine frame; at least one cylindrical roller drum rotatably coupled to the machine frame and rotatable about a drum axis oriented generally transverse to a direction of travel of the compactor machine; a plurality of sensors mounting locations on the machine frame for mounting one or more lidar sensors and cameras; and a plurality of brackets, wherein, one of each of the plurality of brackets is positioned at each of the sensor mounting locations for mounting the lidar sensors and the cameras, wherein the bracket at each of the sensor mounting locations has a similar design as the other of the plurality of brackets.