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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Hyster-yale Group, Inc., Fairview, OR (US);
Edmund Waters, Troutdale, OR (US);
Ryan P. McDermott, Fairview, OR (US);
Joseph Brotherton, Portland, OR (US);
Nicholas M. Draayer, Portland, OR (US);
John Timczyk, Camas, WA (US);
Erik Israelsson, Gresham, OR (US);
Matthew Karr, Portland, OR (US);
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., Fairview, OR (US);
Abstract
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.