ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,068, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Heil Co. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Refuse container engagement" was invented by David G. Lewis (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Stanley L. Maroney (Attalla, Ala.) and Chad R. Blanchard (Cumming, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse collection vehicle includes a grabber that is operable to engage a refuse container, at least one sensor that is arranged to collect data indicating a relative positioning of a first arm of the grabber and a second arm of the grabber, and a controller having one or more control elements for selecting a target positioning of a first arm of the grabber and a second arm of...