US Patent Issued to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling on April 29 for "Vehicle sensor systems, components and methods" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,110, issued on April 29, was assigned to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. (Fairview, Ore.).

"Vehicle sensor systems, components and methods" was invented by Mark Cheyne (Portland, Ore.) and Christopher Shultz (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle controller communicating over a first communication system with actuators for changing the state of vehicle systems. A signal module communicates with the vehicle controller via the first communication system. One or more signal sources communicate with the signal module via a second communication system, and transmit signals to the signal module. Base...