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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:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Adam J. Gudat, Chillicothe, IL (US);
James D. Humphrey, Decatur, IL (US);
Peter W. Anderton, Peoria, IL (US);
David C. Orr, Dunlap, IL (US);
Kenneth L. Stratton, Dunlap, IL (US);
Craig L. Koehrsen, East Peoria, IL (US);
Claude W. Keefer, Elmwood, IL (US);
Michael D. Braunstein, Washington, IL (US);
Adam J. Gudat, Chillicothe, IL (US);
James D. Humphrey, Decatur, IL (US);
Peter W. Anderton, Peoria, IL (US);
David C. Orr, Dunlap, IL (US);
Kenneth L. Stratton, Dunlap, IL (US);
Craig L. Koehrsen, East Peoria, IL (US);
Claude W. Keefer, Elmwood, IL (US);
Michael D. Braunstein, Washington, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile fluid delivery machine for delivering fluid to a site has a tank storing fluid, and at least one spray head configured to spray the stored fluid onto the site. In addition, the machine has a communication device configured to receive fluid delivery mission instructions from a site computing system, the mission instructions identifying a sequence of path segments on the site and corresponding fluid delivery amounts allocated to the path segments, and a location device configured to determine the location of the machine on the site. Th machine may also have a fluid delivery system configured to determine whether the location of the fluid delivery machine corresponds to a path segment of the sequence, and when it is determined that the location of the machine corresponds to a path segment in the sequence, to identify the fluid delivery amount allocated to that path segment based on the mission instructions.