Patents
US 10704210 B2: System and method for asphalt mix tracking
- Granted
- 2020-07-07
- Filed
- 2017-05-17 application 15597834
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An asphalt mix tracking system having a data collection system adapted to determine at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix, a data control system adapted to receive data from the data collection system, a lot tracking system adapted to track a lot of the asphalt mix, a truck tracking system adapted to track a truck, and a pavement injection system adapted to identify the lot of the asphalt mix. The preferred asphalt mix tracking system is adapted to substantially continuously track the asphalt mix from a mixing site to a paving site. A method for tracking an asphalt mix including determining the at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix, communicating the at least one characteristic of the asphalt mix to the data control system, transporting the asphalt mix from the mixing site to the paving site, and injecting an identification means at the paving site.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200707.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTEC CO., Ltd. 27 patents | Foreign company or organization | Chattanooga, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Chambers | Rossville, GA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Harold Crowe | Dayton, TN | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kris Robertson | Chickamauga, GA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Albert Covington | Cleveland, TN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Wayne Hall | Chattanooga, TN | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jonathan H. Brown | Ringgold, GA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Chuck Simpson | Soddy-Daisy, TN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lien Gangte | Burnaby, CA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E01C | Construction of, or surfaces for, roads, sports grounds, or the like; machines or auxiliary tools for construction or repair | E01C23/01 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N33/42 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06K | Graphical data reading ; presentation of data; record carriers; handling record carriers | G06K7/10009 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q10/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | Release of security interest Release of security interest at reel/frame 062153/0169 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2025-07-01 | ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN ROADTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN TELSMITH, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. YANKTON, SD BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. THORNBURY POWER FLAME INCORPORATED PARSONS, KS ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. STERLING, IL JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. EUGENE, OR GEFCO, INC. HIXSON, TN | 71787/926 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-07-02 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2025-07-01 ASTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01 ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2025-07-01 BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2025-07-01 CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2025-07-01 JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2025-07-01 KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2025-07-01 POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2025-07-01 ROADTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01 TELSMITH, INC. signed 2025-07-01 TERRASOURCE GLOBAL CORPORATION signed 2025-07-01 CMI/CSI LLC signed 2025-07-01 TABOR MACHINE COMPANY, LLC signed 2025-07-01 ELGIN POWER AND SEPARATION SOLUTIONS, LLC signed 2025-07-01 ELGIN SEPARATION SOLUTIONS INDUSTRIALS, LLC signed 2025-07-01 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SAN ANTONIO, TX | 71787/859 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-19 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ASTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19 ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2022-12-19 ROADTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19 TELSMITH, INC. signed 2022-12-19 CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2022-12-19 KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2022-12-19 BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2022-12-19 POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2022-12-19 ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2022-12-19 JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-12-19 GEFCO, INC. signed 2022-12-19 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, NC | 62153/169 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-06-22 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GANGTE, LIEN signed 2017-06-08 | ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN | 42788/63 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2017-06-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHAMBERS, MARK signed 2017-06-02 COVINGTON, ALBERT signed 2017-06-02 CROWE, HAROLD signed 2017-06-02 HALL, WAYNE signed 2017-06-02 ROBERTSON, KRIS signed 2017-06-02 BROWN, JONATHAN signed 2017-06-07 SIMPSON, CHUCK signed 2017-06-07 | ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN | 42717/437 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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