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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
May. 08, 2024
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Benjamin J. Hodel, Dunlap, IL (US);
Jeffrey K. Berry, Clayton, NC (US);
Mo Wei, Dunlap, IL (US);
Adam Martin Nackers, Washington, IL (US);
Justin Lee Steinlage, Mackinaw, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A work machine can include a frame; a work tool coupled to the frame wherein the work tool includes a boom, a stick, and a bucket combination; a hydraulic system to provide power to operate the work tool; one or more sensors coupled to the work tool to detect a velocity of the stick and the bucket or a force applied by the stick and the bucket; and a controller coupled to the sensors and configured to detect, during a dig process, a stall or an impending stall of one or more of the stick and the bucket from information from the sensors, and configured to operate the work tool in a dig stall recovery mode when the stall or the impending stall is detected.