ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,276, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Moog Inc. (East Aurora, N.Y.).
"Autonomous load moving electric vehicle" was invented by Luke G. Finley (Hamburg, N.Y.), John C. Layer (East Aurora, N.Y.), Thomas J. Greier (Elma, N.Y.) and Mark J. Underhill (West Falls, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle and navigation system, including a chassis, a propulsor arranged to drive the chassis, wherein the propulsor is operably connected with an electric power source, a load bearing dynamic platform operable to translate vertically, and a controller operable to receive and transmit signals, wherein the controller is operable ...