E02F 3/845
Using mechanical sensors to determine the blade position
Official title: {using mechanical sensors to determine the blade position, e.g. inclinometers, gyroscopes, pendulums}
E02F3/845 (Using mechanical sensors to determine the blade position) appears on 168 US grants and 142 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Control of a machine to end a windrow26 May 2026US 12,637,828 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Optimizing blade engagement depth using engine load data10 Feb 2026US 12,546,088 B2Trimble Inc.
- Systems and methods for determining poor implement penetration13 Jan 2026US 12,523,004 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Work vehicle and control method2 Dec 2025US 12,486,639 B2Komatsu Ltd.
- Work machine and method for controlling work machine11 Nov 2025US 12,467,227 B2Komatsu Ltd.
- Determination of a dynamic target plane for an implement of a machine based on filtered dynamic track plane parameters6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226702 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- System and method of automated multipass slope control using an initial reference30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218483 A1Deere & Company
- Gnss supplemented slope control system and method for a work vehicle13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347084 A1Deere & Company
- Six-way blade orientation determination from lifting movement22 May 2025US 2025/0163674 A1Honeywell International Inc.
- Methods and systems for controlling earth-moving vehicle operated by artificial intelligence13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084613 A1AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for controlling an earthmoving implement109US 4,630,685 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1986
- Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial orientation of the blade on an earthmoving machine76US 6,112,145 ASpectra Precision, Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for controlling the direction of travel of an earthworking machine65US 6,062,317 ACaterpillar Inc. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for determining a cross slope of a surface65US 6,389,345 B2Caterpillar Inc. · 2002
- Automatic control device for an earth working equipment57US 4,282,933 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1981