US Patent Issued to ZHEJIANG SANY EQUIPMENT on Feb. 17 for "Crane and control method therefor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,645, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ZHEJIANG SANY EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Huzhou, China).

"Crane and control method therefor" was invented by Menggang Wu (Huzhou, China), Jiwen Peng (Huzhou, China), Yunxiao Mei (Huzhou, China), Yutao Sun (Huzhou, China) and Xiaobin Yu (Huzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a crane and a control method therefor. The crane comprises a body, a boom, a luffing mechanism, a tension sensor, and a controller. One end of the boom is rotatably connected with the body. The luffing mechanism is respectively connected to the body and the boom. The tension sensor is disposed on the luffing me...