US Patent Issued to KOMATSU on May 6 for "Control device and control method for determining required braking force of work vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,847, issued on May 6, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).

"Control device and control method for determining required braking force of work vehicle" was invented by Akira Takeno (Tokyo), Ryota Enomoto (Tokyo), Koshiro Kodo (Tokyo), Naoki Uchida (Tokyo), Shinobu Shimanaka (Tokyo) and Shogo Miyazaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device of a work vehicle includes a braking force function determination unit and a required braking force function determination unit. The braking force function determination unit determines at least one of an offset and an inclination for a required braking force in a braking force functi...