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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
James V. Kraimer, Haimhausen, DE;
Jay G. Pollack, Sidney, OH (US);
Timothy A. Wellman, Coldwater, OH (US);
Eric Jensen, Troy, OH (US);
Monty Crabill, New Carlisle, OH (US);
Kurt Dykema, Holland, MI (US);
Paul Duckworth, Holland, MI (US);
Todd A. Zeilinger, Holland, MI (US);
James V. Kraimer, Haimhausen, DE;
Jay G. Pollack, Sidney, OH (US);
Timothy A. Wellman, Coldwater, OH (US);
Eric Jensen, Troy, OH (US);
Monty Crabill, New Carlisle, OH (US);
Kurt Dykema, Holland, MI (US);
Paul Duckworth, Holland, MI (US);
Todd A. Zeilinger, Holland, MI (US);
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of associating a transmitter and a receiver in a supplemental remote control system for materials handling vehicles includes initiating a power on sequence to enable a vehicle for operation, the vehicle having a receiver for receiving wirelessly transmitted travel commands, and pairing and synchronizing the receiver and a corresponding vehicle controller to a select one of a plurality of wireless remote control devices. Pairing mode confidence signals are received at the vehicle receiver, wherein each pairing mode confidence signal provides a transmitter identification that uniquely identifies a corresponding wireless remote control device within range of the receiver. A known transmitter identification code associated with the select wireless remote control device is matched with a corresponding one of the pairing mode confidence signals received by the receiver, and the matched wireless remote control device is synchronized to the receiver and the controller of the vehicle for communication therebetween.