ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,365, issued on May 20, was assigned to Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. (West Fargo, N.D.).

"Immobilization of electrohydraulic power machine" was invented by Bohuslav Vasicek (Prague) and Vaclav Schornik (Milevsko, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power machines having an electric power source and a controller configured to provide improved immobilization of power machine functions when an operator is not present or properly positioned within an operator station or compartment of the power machine."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/442,902.

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