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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:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc., Fairview, OR (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth W. Peterson, Camas, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., Fairview, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/70 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06G 7/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/76 (2006.01); B66F 9/24 (2006.01); H02K 11/00 (2016.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/24 (2013.01); B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); B66F 17/003 (2013.01); H02K 11/0005 (2013.01); H02K 11/0015 (2013.01); H02K 11/0063 (2013.01); H02K 11/0073 (2013.01); H02K 11/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vehicles equipped with certain embodiments may be used to pick up a load and to assist the vehicle operator's control of the vehicle in a manner that inhibits damage to the load. In some embodiments, portions of the system measure a distance between a vehicle and a load. The distance measurement is used by a controller in the vehicle to alter one or more of vehicle and/or vehicle component speed, acceleration characteristics, deceleration characteristics, target speed, or speed limit, singularly or in any combination.