ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,065, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).
"Integrity monitoring system for a boom assembly" was invented by John Tinker (Greenville, N.C.), Clinton Reges (Greenville, N.C.), Derek Vermeulen (La Grange, N.C.) and Nicholas Coston (Pikeville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boom assembly is provided comprising: an upper boom portion, a base mount, and an adapter coupling the base mount to the upper boom portion. The upper boom portion may be aligned with the base mount when the boom assembly is in a normal operating position. Further provided is an integrity monitoring system comprising at lea...