ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,997, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. (Fairview, Ore.).
"Jerk reduction for lift trucks" was invented by Nicholas M. Draayer (Portland, Ore.), Ryan McDermott (Fairview, Ore.) and Edmund Stilwell (Oregon City, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods can prevent or reduce jerk during operation of a materials-handling vehicle that is unloaded or carrying a load. The vehicle comprises one or more user input devices configured to receive from an operator a request to perform an action and a processor. The processor is configured to determine, before performing the action requested by t...