ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,538, issued on July 15, was assigned to Altec Industries Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Operations of articulating boom assemblies" was invented by Timothy J. Mourlam (Shawnee, Kan.), Michael A. Fleming (Kansas City, Mo.), JD Casias (St. Joseph, Mo.), Aaron B. Beck (Kansas City, Mo.) and Jonathan Westin Sykes (Gower, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for improved control of articulating boom assemblies are disclosed herein. Automated functions, such as auto ground and auto stow functions, may be provided to automatically move an articulating boom assembly to the desired position. When an auto...