ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,595, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to JLG Industries Inc. (McConnellsburg, Pa.).
"Obstacle detection system for an aerial work platform" was invented by Brian K. Mohlman (Hagerstown, Md.), Matthew I. Gilbride (Frederick, Md.), David W. Lombardo (Walkersville, Md.) and Ignacy Puszkiewicz (Hagerstown, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift device includes a chassis, a lift assembly supported on the chassis, a platform including a platform floor, a sensor coupled to the platform and positioned adjacent the platform floor, and a control system in communication with the lift assembly and the sensor. The sensor is oriented to sense ob...