US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on March 31 for "Work machine, controller for work machine, and method of controlling work machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,441, issued on March 31, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine, controller for work machine, and method of controlling work machine" was invented by Yuki Okamune (Tokyo), Tsukasa Kitamura (Tokyo), Akihiro Kyozu (Tokyo) and Takeshi Kamimae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine is provided that can achieve an automatic brake retention function without hindering work. The work machine includes a vehicular body that travels, a work implement supported on the vehicular body, an accelerator operation device operated to increase a traveling speed of the vehicular body, a brake operation device operated to decre...