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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Chad M. Thiesse, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Bradley D Anderson, Rogers, MN (US);
Ryan T. Thiesse, Otsego, MN (US);
Ronald D. Wilson, Maple Grove, MI (US);
Rick L. Mings, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Bryan J. Downing, Champlin, MN (US);
Anthony Paul Steinhagen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mathew J. Hedrington, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A paving machine can include a frame; a screed coupled to the frame, the screed including one or more screed plates; one or more movable extender mechanisms located at a back end of each screed plate and configured to extend and retract up and down beneath the screed plate; and a controller configured to extend the one or more extender mechanisms a pre-determined distance before the screed begins a paving operation and to retract the one or more extender mechanisms after the screed has begun the paving operation.