US Patent Issued to The Braun on Oct. 14 for "Lift assembly with handrails for a passenger vehicle" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,398, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Braun Corp. (Winamac, Ind.).

"Lift assembly with handrails for a passenger vehicle" was invented by James R. Dupuy (Kokomo, Ind.) and Michael Alexander (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheelchair lift for a passenger vehicle such as a passenger bus, a motorcoach, or a class A motorhome. The wheelchair lift includes a housing having sidewalls and a plurality of bearings and a carriage supporting one or more of electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic components. A lift assembly, coupled to the housing, includes a first and second scissor leg assembly couples to a platform....