US Patent Issued to Crown Equipment on Dec. 23 for "On-board charging station for a remote control device" (Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,752, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"On-board charging station for a remote control device" was invented by Vern I. Woodruff III (Kenton, Ohio), Trisha M. Luthman (Covington, Ohio), James Schloemer (New Bremen, Ohio), Steven R. Pulskamp (New Bremen, Ohio), Donald T. Meiring (Osgood, Ohio), Matthew T. Shinew (Ada, Mich.), Kent D. Pilcher (Holland, Mich.), Paul Duckworth (Holland, Mich.) and Audrey Hendon (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a remote control device that is useable by an operator interacting with a materials handling vehicle. The remote contr...