ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,642, issued on April 7, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Steering device and work machine" was invented by Yuichi Teranishi (Tokyo), Yuita Takenaka (Tokyo), Keisuke Isomura (Tokyo) and Yasunari Kato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel loader includes a vehicle body frame, a transmission mechanism, a support section, a movable section, a joystick lever, and an urging mechanism. The transmission mechanism transmits a movement of the vehicle body frame. The support section is fixed with respect to the vehicle body frame. The movable section is connected to the transmission mechanism and is movably supported by the suppor...