US Patent Issued to Koki Holdings on March 3 for "Sensor unit, work machine, communication method, and management method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,928, issued on March 3, was assigned to Koki Holdings Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sensor unit, work machine, communication method, and management method" was invented by Hisashi Irokawa (Ibaraki, Japan), Tomomasa Nishikawa (Ibaraki, Japan), Shota Takeuchi (Ibaraki, Japan) and Kengo Tamura (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention improves the convenience of a work machine. A two-dimensional code 15a and a serial number 15b are marked on a name plate 15. The two-dimensional code 15a is a two-dimensional code indicating unique information such as the serial number of a work machine 1. A communication adapter 30 is con...