E02F 9/2045
Guiding machines along a predetermined path
Official title: {Guiding machines along a predetermined path (for graders E02F3/841; machines for construction of roads E01C19/004)}
E02F9/2045 (Guiding machines along a predetermined path) appears on 390 US grants and 449 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02F- Granted patents
- 390
- Published applications
- 449
- Assignees
- 108
- Inventors
- 859
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2022 | 34 | 44 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 |
| 2024 | 32 | 24 |
| 2025 | 24 | 27 |
| 2026 | 18 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems, methods, and computer-program products to control semi-autonomous operation of a mobile work machine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,576 B2Caterpillar SARL
- Customized work planning for automated loading, unloading, and transport operations by scraper systems8 Sep 2026US 12,729,509 B2Deere & Company
- Shovel and construction system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,958 B2Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Automatic run method, automatic run system, and automatic run program11 Aug 2026US 12,705,939 B2Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Autonomous control of powered earth-moving vehicles to inhibit vehicle slippage26 May 2026US 12,637,829 B1AIM Intelligent Machines, Inc.
- Automated Use Of Trained Predictive Dynamics Models For Autonomous Control Of Powered Earth-Moving Vehicles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286651 A1
- Automated Training And Use Of Predictive Dynamics Models For Autonomous Control Of Powered Earth-Moving Vehicles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286653 A1
- System and method for controlling work machine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266021 A1Komatsu Ltd.
- Automatically enabling and disabling an autonomous control scheme for an implement of a machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258638 A1Caterpillar Inc.
- Dual sensor detection system with limited compute and method thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243053 A1Deere & Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for establishing a perimeter defining an area to be traversed by a mobile machine227US 6,112,143 ACaterpillar Inc. · 2000
- System for autonomous excavation and truck loading171US 6,363,632 B1Carnegie Mellon University · 2002
- Method and apparatus for operating geography-altering machinery relative to a work site154US 5,631,658 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1997
- GPS control of a tractor-towed implement148US 6,434,462 B1Deere & Company · 2002
- Rapid adjustment of trajectories for land vehicles132US 6,643,576 B1IntegriNautics Corporation · 2003