US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on March 4 for "System, method, and machine for engine restarting by joystick operation" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,227, issued on March 4, was assigned to Caterpillar SARL (Geneva).

"System, method, and machine for engine restarting by joystick operation" was invented by Kensuke Tanaka (Akashi, Japan), Atsunori Shimamoto (Akashi, Japan) and Takashi Kotera (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine comprises a joystick to control a movement of the work machine, a lock lever to control a hydraulic system of the work machine, a display to output information to an operator inside the work machine, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to lock the hydraulic system without receiving an input from the lock le...