US Patent Issued to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY on Aug. 25 for "Work machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,192, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine" was invented by Ryu Narikawa (Tokyo), Hidekazu Moriki (Tokyo), Hiroshi Sakamoto (Tsuchiura, Japan) and Hiroaki Tanaka (Tsuchiura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic excavator having a plurality of front implement members, including a bucket, has a controller that controls the work implement by using: excavation assistance control that controls the work implement such that the bucket moves along a predetermined target excavation surface; and deviation prevention control that prevents deviation of the work implement fro...