US Patent Issued to MANITOU BF on Feb. 3 for "Load-handling vehicle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,062, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Load-handling vehicle" was invented by Francois Bouyssoux (Acenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load-handling vehicle comprising a load-handling member, a jack for lifting the load-handling member, and a fluid source is provided. The jack may include a lifting chamber and a lowering chamber. The fluid source may be coupled to the lifting chamber and the lowering chamber at a first fluid connection and a second fluid connection, respectively. The first fluid connection may comprise a safety valve normally open in a direction of the flow from the fluid sour...