ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,346, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to YANMAR HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Work vehicle" was invented by Masashi Danguchi (Chikugo, Japan) and Nagahiro Ogata (Chikugo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work vehicle includes a monitoring device which monitors the surroundings of the work vehicle; an alarm device which outputs an alarm on the basis of a monitoring result of the monitoring device; a posture detection unit which detects whether an operator sits on an operation seat of the work vehicle and is in an operation posture for operating the work vehicle; and a control unit which controls the alarm device on the basis...