ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,487, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. (Fairview, Ore.).

"Single-motor, dual-hydraulic-circuit drive system for industrial materials-handling vehicle and method for controlling the same" was invented by Binshen Gu (Hangzhou, China), Timothy Brian Cherry (Hangzhou, China), Yuanfu Shi (Hangzhou, China), Xiangxian Song (Hangzhou, China), Xiaopeng Wang (Hangzhou, China), Cheng Cao (Hangzhou, China) and Yuan Xu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for an industrial handling vehicle comprises an electric motor, a first pump, for example, a plunger pump, and a second pump, for e...