US Patent Issued to Crown Equipment on Nov. 11 for "Industrial materials handling vehicle comprising a sensor accommodating bumper mount" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,713, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"Industrial materials handling vehicle comprising a sensor accommodating bumper mount" was invented by Chad M. Lefeld (Coldwater, Ohio), Adam Homan (Minster, Ohio) and Patrick Wenning (Sidney, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An industrial materials handling vehicle including a vehicle body supported by steer wheel and wheel assemblies, a bumper coupled to the body, and a sensor accommodating bumper mount mounted to the vehicle body and/or bumper, the body and the bumper cooperatively defining a steer wheel access opening. The sensor accommodating bu...