Paving machine with operator directed saving and recall of machine operating parameters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9045871-B2
Application number	US-201313775839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2013
Priority date	Dec 27, 2012
Publication date	Jun 2, 2015
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015

Abstract

A paving machine including an adjustable screed assembly is provided. Actuators adjust the screed assembly into the plurality of different configurations. Sensors sense a respective configuration parameter indicative of the configuration of the screed assembly. A controller is configured to save a first set of parameters including the configuration parameters and save a second set of parameters including the configuration parameters in response. The controller is configured to recall one of the first set or second set of parameters, and adjust automatically the configuration of the screed assembly to correspond to the configuration parameters included in the recalled first set or second set of parameters.

First claim

We claim:

1. A paving machine comprising:
a screed assembly having a plurality of adjustable components, the plurality of adjustable components being configured to adjust the screed assembly into a plurality of different configurations;
a plurality of actuators, each actuator being associated with a respective adjustable component of the screed assembly and being supported and configured to adjust the respective adjustable component into different configurations;
a plurality o…

Assignees

• Caterpillar Paving Prod

Inventors

• Graham Luke E
• Mings Rick L
• Smieja Jameson M
• Frelich Toby A
• Ramos Igor S
• Steinhagen Anthony P
• Kopacz Jason W
• Thiesse Chad M
• Thiesse Ryan T
• Anderson Bradley D
• Podany Daniel D
• Chin Kea V

Classifications

• G01K11/22

  Physics · mapped topic

• E01C23/07

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E01C19/4873 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E01C2301/16

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic