ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,596, issued on March 31, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Working machine and control method therefor" was invented by Shinji Ohara (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine includes a driver, a control valve, and a controller. The driver includes a hydraulic actuator and a driven body to be driven by the hydraulic actuator. The control valve regulates a hydraulic fluid to operate the hydraulic actuator. The controller is configured or programmed to control the control valve. Before starting to execute drive control for the driven body, the controller is configured or programmed to perform prelimina...