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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E Allen, Peoria, IL (US);
Ronald O Groth, Metamora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 50 ; 701 36 ; 172-45 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for controllably loading a haul vehicle 110, with a payload material 115 desired by a customer, using a mobile loading machine 120. An identification tag 135, located on the haul vehicle 110, is read by an identification tag reader 140, located on the mobile loading machine 120. A haul vehicle identification signal is produced from the reading, and compared to customer data files 125. A load command signal, containing selected information from the customer data file 125 that corresponds with the haul vehicle identification signal, is produced.