ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,590, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"Materials handling vehicle technology monitor" was invented by Avishek Kumar (Auckland, New Zealand), Christian Molnar (Schwindegg, Germany), James F. Schloemer (New Bremen, Ohio), James C. Meyer (New Knoxville, Ohio) and Josua Logito (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for implementing a materials handling vehicle feature monitor includes receiving wirelessly, from a fleet of materials handling vehicles, electronic vehicle records. Each electronic vehicle record comprises travel-related data recorded by an associated material...