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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2022
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Nathaniel S. Doy, Maple Grove, MN (US);
John L. Marsolek, Watertown, MN (US);
Nicholas A. Oetken, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Mark A. Tarvin, Canton, IL (US);
Caterpillar Paving Products Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a compactor machine can include inputting a compaction specification into a controller for compacting a work area; inputting a compaction target value into the controller; while compacting, evaluating an actual compaction value; and if the actual compaction value reaches the compaction target value, the controller being configured to turn off a vibratory system of the compactor machine while the compactor machine finishes any further passes over the work area as specified by the compaction specification.