US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on July 14 for "Work machine and method for controlling work machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,272, issued on July 14, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine and method for controlling work machine" was invented by Takuya Sonoda (Tokyo), Takashi Maeda (Tokyo) and Yoshihide Nakae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes a vehicle body, a traveling wheel supported by the vehicle body, an actuator to change a steering angle of the traveling wheel from a neutral angle to left or right, a first steering member, and a controller. The first steering member is operable between a left steering range, a right steering range, and a neutral range. The controller controls the actuator so that the steering ...