US Patent Issued to FREDERICK MOBILE INSTRUMENTATION on April 29 for "Loading dock area safety system utilizing pulsed magnetic fields" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,638, issued on April 29, was assigned to FREDERICK MOBILE INSTRUMENTATION LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Loading dock area safety system utilizing pulsed magnetic fields" was invented by Larry D. Frederick (Huntsville, Ala.) and Andrew Nichols (Huntsville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dock area control system includes a vehicle proximity detection system (PDSC). The PDSC includes a vehicle low frequency magnetic field generator (MFG) that generates a vehicle pulsed magnetic field that is sensed by a dock area controller electronics module (DEM)."

The patent was filed on March 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/906,754.

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