US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on Dec. 30 for "Motor grader and method of controlling motor grader" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,849, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Motor grader and method of controlling motor grader" was invented by Takeshi Kamimae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor grader includes an operation apparatus, a front frame, a draw bar swingably attached to the front frame, a first actuator attached to the draw bar, the first actuator moving the draw bar in a lateral direction with respect to the front frame, a second actuator attached to the draw bar, the second actuator moving the draw bar in a direction toward the front frame and a direction away from the front frame, and a controller that causes the first ...