ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,155, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Wheel loader" was invented by Yoko Tsukada (Tokyo), Hidekazu Moriki (Tsuchiura, Japan) and Yoshiaki Tsutsumi (Tsuchiura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a wheel loader capable of evenly loading a target object for loading onto a target area for loading with simple operation to thus mitigate a burden on an operator. The wheel loader 100 includes a travel device 120 that causes a vehicle body to travel, a drive device 150 that actuates a lift arm and a bucket, an area detection device 160 that detects a loading area, and a control...