US Patent Issued to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY on July 1 for "Work machine and work machine system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,018, issued on July 1, was assigned to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Work machine and work machine system" was invented by Yoshiyuki Tsuchie (Matsudo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a work machine and a work machine system that reduce risk that a vehicle body comes into contact with an obstacle nearby in a case wherein abnormality arises in the work machine. The work machine comprises: a traveling body; a rotary body rotatably mounted onto the traveling body; a work machinery of an articulated type mounted to the rotary body and including a boom, an arm and a work tool; and a control device. The ...