US Patent Issued to Deutsche Post on Jan. 27 for "Apparatus for positioning a vehicle at a loading and/or unloading point" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,694, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany).

"Apparatus for positioning a vehicle at a loading and/or unloading point" was invented by Sascha Kraus (Obertshausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for positioning a vehicle, in particular a lorry, at a loading and/or unloading point, comprising at least one sensor for detecting a position of the vehicle, an evaluation unit for determining a distance between the vehicle and the loading and/or unloading point depending on the detected position of the vehicle, and a display unit for visualising feedback to a driver of th...