US Patent Issued to The Raymond on Sept. 30 for "Material handling vehicle mode transition systems and methods" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,869, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to The Raymond Corp. (Greene, N.Y.).

"Material handling vehicle mode transition systems and methods" was invented by Daniel B. Miller (Greene, N.Y.) and Joseph T. Yahner (Chenango Forks, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for transitioning a material handling vehicle between a manual mode and a remote mode is provided. The method includes automatically transitioning the material handling vehicle from the remote mode to the manual mode in response to a determination, by a floor mat sensor, that an operator is positioned within an operator compartment of the material handling ...