ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,118, issued on Feb. 18.
"Automated speed-triggered bed lowering system and method with manual override" was invented by James Patrick Godwin Jr. (Dunn, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computerized control system controls a hydraulic subsystem of an articulated dump truck. Among other possible equipment, the hydraulic subsystem controls the raising and lowering of the dump truck bed. The control system detects the speed of the dump truck. Upon the dump truck traveling at or above a predetermined speed, the control system controls the hydraulic subsystem to automatically lower the dump truck bed. In various aspects, the predeterm...