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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2019
Applicant:
The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US);
Inventors:
Adam Wayne Standard, Johnson City, NY (US);
Erik C. Tracy, Johnson City, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/20 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 9/07559 (2013.01); B66F 9/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting a load on at least one fork of a material handling vehicle. The systems and methods can comprise a housing; at least one sensor positioned within the housing; a sensor arm pivotally coupled to the housing; at least one sensor flag integral with or coupled to the inside of the sensor arm; and wherein when the sensor arm pivots inward toward the housing the at least on sensor flag triggers the at least one sensor to identify at least a first load position and a second load position.