ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,614, issued on June 10, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).
"Load-handling vehicle" was invented by Pierre-Yves Marnier (Ancenis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Load-handling vehicle (18) comprising a chassis (2), a pivoting lifting arm (3), a device (13) for measuring the inclination angle (Y) of the arm (3), an accessory (5) which can be positioned at the end of the arm (3), and at least one actuator (61, 62) which is coupled to the chassis (2) and to the arm (3), respectively. The vehicle (I) comprises:-a device (12) for measuring the load (R) exerted by the arm (3) on the pivot pin (4) of the arm (3), -a device (...