ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,534, issued on July 15, was assigned to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Control system of dump truck" was invented by Masafumi Hita (Kashiwa, Japan), Kouichi Shibata (Kasumigaura, Japan) and Shinichi Uotsu (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller that controls a dump truck in such a manner that the dump truck travels on a travelling route and stops at a loading specified position is provided in the dump truck. The controller computes, from travelling route data, a front-rear direction (a first stop direction) of the dump truck in a case in which the dump truck has travelled on the travelling r...