US Patent Issued to LIEBHERR-HYDRAULIKBAGGER on Nov. 3 for "Device for monitoring and assisting an operator of a construction machine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,468, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LIEBHERR-HYDRAULIKBAGGER GMBH (Kirchdorf/Iller, Germany).

"Device for monitoring and assisting an operator of a construction machine" was invented by Florian Mang (Memmingen, Germany) and Dieter Ansorge (Rot an der Rot, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a device for monitoring and assisting an operator of a construction machine, which comprises a seat contact switch for detecting whether an operator is sitting in a seat of the construction machine, a door close switch for detecting whether a door of a driver's cab of the construction machine is closed, a grip sensor...