US Patent Issued to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling on Aug. 19 for "Systems and methods for facilitating materials-handling vehicle operational compliance" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,312, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. (Fairview, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for facilitating materials-handling vehicle operational compliance" was invented by Nicholas M. Draayer (Portland, Ore.) and Ryan P. McDermott (Fairview, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Real-time location systems and beacons are used to facilitate operating a materials-handling vehicle in compliance with rules of the road. Materials-handling vehicles may include a processor operably coupled to at least one vehicle system and a receiver communicatively coupled with the processor and configured to receive signals from ...