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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);

Inventors:

Sebastian Theos, Vaterstetten, DE;

Andreas Simon, Munich, DE;

Juergen Buchmann, Pliening, DE;

René Konzack, Isen, DE;

Christian Molnar, Schwindegg, DE;

Alfonso Costas, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G01S 17/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B60Q 1/32 (2013.01); B60W 30/18009 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B66F 9/07581 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/005 (2013.01); G05D 1/0038 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 2554/4041 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4049 (2020.02); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract

A materials handling vehicle includes: a power unit including: a steered wheel, and a steering device for generating a steer control signal; a load handling assembly coupled to the power unit; a controller located on the power unit for receiving the steer control signal; and a sensing device on the power unit and coupled to the controller. The sensing device monitoring areas in front of and next to the vehicle. Based on sensing device data, the controller may modify at least one of the following vehicle parameters: a maximum allowable turning angle or a steered-wheel-to-steering-device ratio.


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