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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a parking brake apparatus installable on a work machine. The parking brake apparatus includes: a parking brake switchable between a braking state of braking the turning of an upper turning body and a braking release state; a brake operation device to which a braking operation and a braking release operation for switching the parking brake to the braking state and the braking release state, respectively, is applied by an operator; and a braking control unit. The braking control unit judges whether or not a turning judgment requirement for judging whether or not the upper turning body is performing a turning motion is satisfied, and performs a braking operation invalidation control to invalidate the braking operation applied to the brake operation device when judging the turning motion is being performed.