ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,217, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Shovel and display device for shovel" was invented by Tomoyuki Fujikawa (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shovel includes a lower traveling body; an upper swinging body swingably mounted on the lower traveling body; an operator's cab mounted on the upper swinging body; a display device provided in the operator's cab; and a processor configured to cause the display device to display information about custom setting before a start of operation of the shovel."
The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/476,727....