US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES on Sept. 15 for "Work machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,870, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine" was invented by Keisuke Satoh (Kanagawa, Japan), Ayano Shinato (Kanagawa, Japan) and Homare Shibata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes an attachment and a control device. The control device is configured to specify a hazardous zone in which a degree of hazard increases when an object falls during an operation of the attachment to lift and move the object, and make the specified hazardous zone visually recognizable."

The patent was filed on Sept. 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/822,833.

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