US Patent Issued to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY on Aug. 26 for "Crane, and control method of crane" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,023, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Crane, and control method of crane" was invented by Hitoshi Sakurai (Hyogo, Japan) and Shintaro Sasai (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a crane and a control method capable of preventing an irregular winding from being caused, without significant deterioration in work efficiency. The crane includes an allowable deceleration rate derivation unit and a winch control unit. The allowable deceleration rate derivation unit derives an allowable deceleration rate representing an allowable value of the deceleration rate ...