ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,529, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Loader latching assist method and apparatus" was invented by Damien Faivre (Apremont, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus assists coupling a loader with a work vehicle. A pre-position instruction signal is generated to pre-position the loader in a predetermined orientation to facilitate the coupling. A forward movement instruction signal is generated for initiating movement of the associated work vehicle 1 towards the loader. A coupled confirmation signal representative of the loader being coupled with the associated work vehicle is received...