Patents by Inventor Chad C. Apple

Chad C. Apple has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Enhanced control of construction equipment
    Patent number: 9447550
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for controlling heavy equipment vehicles, such as tractors, graders, road-forming machines, and the like. Some techniques allow a control system of a heavy equipment vehicle to transition from receiving position data from one positioning device to receiving data from another without ceasing operation and/or while limiting any resulting discontinuity in a manipulated ground surface to within acceptable tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jason Grier Lindsay Hill, Helen C. Cutler, Stephen A. Miller, Chad C. Apple, James Robert McKaskill, Alan Sharp
  • Enhanced Control of Construction Equipment
    Publication number: 20160186388
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for controlling heavy equipment vehicles, such as tractors, graders, road-forming machines, and the like. Some techniques allow a control system of a heavy equipment vehicle to transition from receiving position data from one positioning device to receiving data from another without ceasing operation and/or while limiting any resulting discontinuity in a manipulated ground surface to within acceptable tolerances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Grier Lindsay Hill, Helen C. Cutler, Stephen A. Miller, Chad C. Apple, James Robert McKaskill, Alan Sharp
  • Enhanced control of road construction equipment
    Patent number: 9309631
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for controlling road-forming machines, such as paving machines, graders, and the like. Some techniques allow a control system of a road-forming machine to transition from receiving position data from one positioning device to receiving data from another without ceasing operation and/or while limiting any resulting discontinuity in the formed road surface to within acceptable tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jason Grier Lindsay Hill, Helen C. Cutler, Stephen A. Miller, Chad C. Apple, James Robert McKaskill, Alan Sharp
  • Enhanced Control of Road Construction Equipment
    Publication number: 20150275482
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for controlling road-forming machines, such as paving machines, graders, and the like. Some techniques allow a control system of a road-forming machine to transition from receiving position data from one positioning device to receiving data from another without ceasing operation and/or while limiting any resulting discontinuity in the formed road surface to within acceptable tolerances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Grier Lindsay Hill, Helen C. Cutler, Stephen A. Miller, Chad C. Apple, James Robert McKaskill, Alan Sharp