ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,226, issued on May 5, was assigned to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device for a shovel includes a hardware processor configured to display, on the display device, a bar-shaped image indicating the ratio of the loaded amount of a load to the maximum load amount of a conveying vehicle, the load being conveyed from an end attachment included in an attachment attached to the upper swing body of the shovel to the cargo bed of the conveying vehicle. Scale marks attached to...