Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method to automatically position a machine in a shipping configuration
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Application No.: US18121370Application Date: 2023-03-14
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Publication No.: US12078017B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Saravanan S. Mathivanan , Sridhar Thondikulam Raveendran , Sudhagar Selvam
- Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Denison
- Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Denison
- Priority: IN 2011002017 2020.01.16
- Main IPC: E21B15/04
- IPC: E21B15/04 ; E21B7/02

Abstract:
A machine includes a boom coupled to a movable carrier and at least one boom actuator adapted to actuate the boom. At least one boom sensor is configured to generate signals indicative of a spatial orientation of the boom. A drilling work device is coupled at a distal portion of the boom. First and second actuators are adapted to actuate the drilling work device. At least one drilling work device sensor is configured to generate signals indicative of a spatial orientation of the drilling work device. A controller receives signals indicative of the spatial orientation of the boom, receives signals indicative of the spatial orientation of the drilling work device, and actuates at least one of the at least one boom actuator and the first and second actuators through series of predetermined steps to automatically position the machine in a shipping configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230272676A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY POSITION A MACHINE IN A SHIPPING CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2023-08-31
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