ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,822, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Gripping system for an industrial vehicle" was invented by K S Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik (Bangalore, India), Gangubai Hegde (Bangalore, India), Kaveesha Purushothama (Karnataka, India) and K S Madhuchandra (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripping system for helping a user climbing over a substantially vertical surface of an industrial vehicle, the gripping system comprising a grip member configured for being installed in a recessed area of a bodywork element, a closure member movable between a first position in which the closure member c...