ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,255, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH (Biberach an der Riss, Germany).
"Crane" was invented by Mark Burkhardt (Stuttgart, Germany), Lena Joachim (Stuttgart, Germany), Otto Lerke (Stuttgart, Germany), Matthias Thomas (Stuttgart, Germany), Volker Schwieger (Leutenbach, Germany), Norbert Haala (Schwaikheim, Germany) and Oliver Sawodny (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a crane, in particular in the form of a rotating tower crane, having a crane jib, from which a hoist rope connected to a load handling means runs, a load position sensor system for sensing the ...