Hyster-yale Materials Handling, Inc.

Joseph Brotherton

Nicholas M Draayer

Ryan McDermott

John Timczyk

Edmund Waters

Erik Israelsson

Matthew Karr

Materials-handling vehicles, such as counterbalanced lift trucks, can incorporate a counterweight that includes a frame, a cavity, and a sensor-mounting recess. The counterweight may be configured to provide an unobstructed horizontal line of sight of at least 180 degrees for a sensor, such as an object-detection sensor, that is mounted within the sensor-mounting recess. A lift truck can include a lift assembly comprising a mast and a pair of forks, an operator compartment comprising truck steering and speed controls, a plurality of wheels, an energy source, a counterweight comprising a frame and a sensor-mounting recess, and a sensor.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Joseph Brotherton