US Patent Issued to Mitsui E&S on Jan. 13 for "Port cargo handling device and control method therefor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,478, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Port cargo handling device and control method therefor" was invented by Kinya Ichimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a port cargo handling device capable of reducing the carbon dioxide emissions at a container terminal and a method of controlling the same. A power generation mechanism 9 and an inverter 8 are connected by a cable 11 that carries DC electricity, and a storage battery 10 is connected to the cable 11. The power generation mechanism 9 is switched from a first power generation mechanism 9a to a second power generation mechanism 9b by ...