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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Caterpillar Sarl, Geneva, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Caterpillar SARL, Geneva, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/26 (2006.01); E02F 3/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02F 9/26 (2013.01); E02F 3/4135 (2013.01);
Abstract
A work machine comprises a bucket attached to an end of a stick of the work machine as a work tool, a thumb pivotally coupled to the end of the stick, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a current task of the work machine among scooping an object by the bucket or grabbing the object by the bucket and the thumb, based on an angle of the bucket, and calculate payload with a parameter of a center of gravity position of the payload based on the determined current task.