ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,440, issued on May 6, was assigned to Jungheinrich AG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Narrow aisle truck with measures for preventing mast vibrations and for compensating for mast deformations" was invented by Carsten Schottke (Moosburg, Germany), Hubert Bibernell (Landshut, Germany) and Michael Schonauer (Moosburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention involves a narrow aisle truck comprising: a vehicle body having length and width directions; wheels assigned to the vehicle body and arranged on two axes running in the width direction and configured to drive and steer the truck; a drive system configured to exert an accel...