ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,139, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to XCMG CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. BUILDING MACHINERY CO. (Xuzhou, China).

"Crane and control method for slewing and traveling of a crane under no load while having a super-lift counterweight" was invented by Li Sun (Xuzhou, China), Ying Sun (Xuzhou, China), Jiangping Zhao (Xuzhou, China), Lei Han (Xuzhou, China), Xiqing Liu (Xuzhou, China), Jinjun Meng (Xuzhou, China), Jihai Yang (Xuzhou, China) and Haijun Chen (Xuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to the field of lifting equipment, in particular to a crane and a control method thereof. The crane inc...