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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Simon Tabutin, Saint Marcel en Murat, FR;
Sean David Lawson, East Peoria, IL (US);
Aaron Gnagey, Morton, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for measuring load, from a cable, associated with a boom of a pipelayer is disclosed. The system includes a linkage configured to be coupled between a boom block, engaged with the cable, and a portion of the pipelayer. In addition, the system includes a load cell coupled between the linkage and the boom block for measuring the load, from the cable, on the linkage. A measurement load path, of the load cell, is aligned with a load path, of the load, between the boom block and the linkage.
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