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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2021
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Dana W Miller, Rogers, MN (US);
Toby A. Frelich, Saint Michael, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame; and the screed including a main screed plate and an extender screed plate, each of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate having an angle sensor associated therewith, the angle sensor for each of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate being positioned and configured to determine a paving angle of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate; and a controller, the controller configured to receive the paving angles of the main screed plate and the extender screed plate from the angle sensors and to change the paving angle of the main screed plate and the paving angle of the extender screed plate independently of each other.