US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on Dec. 30 for "Control system for loading machine, control method therefor, and loading machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,860, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Control system for loading machine, control method therefor, and loading machine" was invented by Hiroaki Ikeda (Tokyo) and Shinichi Kitao (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading machine has work equipment including a work tool and a movable support part configured to change a posture of the work tool. A control system for the loading machine includes a controller configured to determine presence or absence of a load, and a target work equipment posture indicating a target posture of the work tool based on a determination result of the presence or absence of the l...