ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,621, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PALFINGER AG (Bergheim bei Salzburg, Austria).

"Method for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a vehicle-mounted lifting gear" was invented by Thomas Deimer (Moosdorf, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a vehicle-mounted lifting gear, which lifting gear comprises an articulated crane arm system having a crane and a crane base, includes taking into account a determined position of at least one point of the crane arm system. A deformation of the crane arm system arising under the action of dynamic and/or static forces is taken into accoun...