ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,820, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Construction machine" was invented by Shinsuke Masuda (Tsuchiura, Japan) and Yuuta Tamura (Tsuchiura, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A left console device (13) positioned on an entrance passage (9A)-side is provided with a support shaft (15) disposed on a seat base (11), and a rotational frame (17) rotatably supported by the support shaft (15). A gate lock lever (25) is provided with a base plate (25A) that is rotatably supported via a first shaft body (17D) on the rotational frame (17) and in which a second shaft body (25D) is disposed,...