ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,644, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MANITOU BF (Ancenis, France).

"Handling machine and method for managing battery charge" was invented by Elie Kamba (Ancenis, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling machine is disclosed. The handling machine includes a battery for powering a variator control system, a processing unit for controlling the variator control system, a voltage converter, a battery cut-off device, a start-up device, and an electrical charger. The handling machine further includes an opening and closing device controllable by the processing unit. The processing unit is connected to the battery and to the voltage...