ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,570, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Komatsu Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control device and control method for loading machine" was invented by Kazuhiro Hatake (Tokyo) and Yusuke Saigo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A start angle determination unit determines a start angle which is an angle of a swing body at the start of loading of a loading machine. The movement control unit outputs an operation signal for driving the swing body until the angle of the swing body reaches the start angle after a bucket has reached a loading point above a loading target, and outputs an operation signal for driving the work equipment until a posture of the ...