ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,515, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Construction machine" was invented by Atsushi Houjou (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction machine includes a vehicle body, a tank disposed in the vehicle body, and a sensor including a detection portion configured to detect the liquid. The tank accommodates a liquid. The sensor is supported by the tank. The tank includes a reduced width section formed to reduce a width of a predetermined range including the detection portion."

The patent was filed on June 24, 2022, under Application No. 18/681,138.

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