ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,442, issued on May 27, was assigned to Command Alkon Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Method and system for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck" was invented by Denis Beaupre (Quebec, Canada) and Steve Cox (Birmingham, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck based on hydraulic pressure. The dump truck has a driving device moving the bed between a rest position and a delivery position. The method generally having: using a hydraulic pressure sensor, measuring a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of a hydraulic fluid ...