US Patent Issued to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY on Oct. 28 for "Work machine and method for controlling work machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,444, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Work machine and method for controlling work machine" was invented by Arisa Nakamura (Hyogo, Japan), Kentaro Teranishi (Hyogo, Japan) and Shintaro Sasai (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a slewing motor is at a stop, a first slewing control unit of a controller that controls an operation of the slewing motor sets a first monitoring area that is set with respect to a slewing body as a designated area, and then controls, depending on whether an obstacle is detected in the first monitoring area, whether to prohibit or all...