US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY on July 21 for "Shovel and control device for shovel" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,993, issued on July 21, was assigned to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Shovel and control device for shovel" was invented by Takashi Nishi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shovel includes a lower traveling body, and an upper swiveling body mounted on the lower traveling body. The upper swiveling body is rotatable. An attachment is attached to the upper swiveling body. A traveling actuator is configured to drive the lower traveling body. An attachment actuator is configured to move the attachment. A control device is provided in the upper swiveling body. The control device is configured to autonomousl...