ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,756, issued on March 3, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine and information processing device" was invented by Keisuke Satoh (Yokosuka, Japan), Ayano Shinato (Yokosuka, Japan) and Homare Shibata (Yokosuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes a machine body having a work element, and a control unit that controls an operation of the machine body based on a degree of priority among work efficiency, energy consumption efficiency, and metal fatigue damage."

The patent was filed on Oct. 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/498,082.

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