Patents by Inventor Gregory Mettlach

Gregory Mettlach 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).

  • Velocity based control process for a machine digging cycle
    Patent number: 7979181
    Abstract: A method and machine with an automated digging cycle is provided. The method includes moving an implement system of the machine through a work cycle, including interacting with a material. The method further includes sensing values associated with a bucket velocity parameter, such as bucket tip velocity, during interacting with the material, and controlling the velocity parameter via commands which control a sequence of bucket orientations whereby an implement system of the machine interacts with the material, responsive to the sensed values. The machine includes an electronic controller configured via a control algorithm to execute the automated digging cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Megan Clark, Chad Magstadt, Gregory Mettlach, Robert J. Price, Bassam J. Alshaer
  • Velocity based control process for a machine digging cycle
    Publication number: 20080097672
    Abstract: A method and machine with an automated digging cycle is provided. The method includes moving an implement system of the machine through a work cycle, including interacting with a material. The method further includes sensing values associated with a bucket velocity parameter, such as bucket tip velocity, during interacting with the material, and controlling the velocity parameter via commands which control a sequence of bucket orientations whereby an implement system of the machine interacts with the material, responsive to the sensed values. The machine includes an electronic controller configured via a control algorithm to execute the automated digging cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Megan Clark, Chad Magstadt, Gregory Mettlach, Robert J. Price, Bassam J. Alshaer