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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Vernon W. Siefring, Covington, OH (US);
Michael Corbett, Saint Marys, OH (US);
Inventors:
Vernon W. Siefring, Covington, OH (US);
Michael Corbett, Saint Marys, OH (US);
Assignee:
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/0132 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A materials handling vehicle automatically implements steer maneuvers when objects enter an environment around the vehicle. A steer correction maneuver is automatically performed by steering the vehicle away from the detected object, wherein an angle of steer correction and/or a rate of change of the steering angle that is implemented to achieve a desired angle of steer correction is dependent upon how far from a reference coordinate associated with the vehicle the detected object is determined to be.