US Patent Issued to Crown Equipment on July 22 for "Performance tuning of a materials handling vehicle" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,844, issued on July 22, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"Performance tuning of a materials handling vehicle" was invented by Brad Cotterman (New Bremen, Ohio), Ray Denison (New Bremen, Ohio), Justin Miller (New Bremen, Ohio) and Mike LeVan (New Bremen, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A materials handling vehicle receives a wirelessly communicated performance tuning profile, and responsive thereto, adjusts at least one operating capability. The performance tuning profile can be updated dynamically as the materials handling vehicle is operated in a work environment based upon a number of different factors ...