ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,957, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB (Eskilstuna, Sweden).

"Construction equipment" was invented by Hungju Shin (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) and Miok Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction equipment includes a lower traveling body; an upper rotating body rotatably supported on the lower traveling body; a work machine which includes a boom, an arm, and a bucket operated by their respective hydraulic cylinder, wherein the work machine is supported by the upper rotating body; a control valve for controlling the hydraulic cylinder; an electronic proportional pressure re...