ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,762, issued on July 15, was assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Crane" was invented by Dairo Matsui (Hyogo, Japan) and Akira Koyahata (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crane includes a connector that supports a cab in such a manner that a position of the cab relative to a frame is changeable between an operation position and a transportation position. The connector has a lower swing arm attached to a lower arm attachment part below a first boom attachment part swingably about a swing axis located behind the first boom attachment part and an upper swing arm attached to an upper arm att...