US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY on Jan. 27 for "Shovel that operates within set boundaries" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,874, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Shovel that operates within set boundaries" was invented by Takashi Nishi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an actuator mounted on the lower traveling body or the upper turning body, and a controller configured to restrict movement of the actuator. The controller sets a virtual wall, and restricts the movement of the actuator based on a positional relationship between the virtual wall and the shovel."

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