Patent №
US 6,131,061
Granted
2000-10-10
Filed 1997
Owner
CATERPILLAR INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08888855
A method and apparatus for preventing underdigging of a work machine, which may occur if the implement digs under or too close to the work machine, is disclosed. An underdigging boundary or a space of allowable implement movement is established relative to the work machine. The position of the implement is sensed, and the movement of the implement is controllably prevented from underdigging the work machine.
AI classification
Ownership
CATERPILLAR INC.
assignment · 86880465
Assignors
DENBRABER, LEE R., DUFFY, JOHN D., HAWKINS, MARK R., ZMUDA, STEVEN J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.