ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,168, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine and method for controlling work machine" was invented by Takahiro Hirama (Tokyo) and Keiichi Hayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine, includes steering cylinders that drive a front frame with respect to a rear frame. A directional control valve changes a supply amount of hydraulic fluid to the steering cylinders. A steering wheel operates the directional control valve. A variable capacity pump discharges the hydraulic fluid to the directional control valve. Cylinder stroke sensors are provided for detecting the turning angle of the front ...