ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,311, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Linkage for hauling material handling equipment" was invented by Jean-Yves Barbeau (St-Mathieu-de-Laprairie, Canada), Pierre-Luc Lachance (Brossard, Canada), Jonathan Laflamme (Longueuil, Canada) and Daniel Goyette (St-Amable, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linkage for interconnecting material handling equipment of a convoy is provided. The linkage comprises a rod having first and second opposite ends, a first pivot joint between the first end and the second end, the first pivot joint having a first pivot axis extending transversely to...