ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,691, issued on Sept. 1.
"Mobile elevated work platform vehicles with novel steering system and related methods" was invented by Matthew Dye (Kerman, Calif.) and Gary Crook (Kerman, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering system for a compact mobile elevating work platform ("MEWP") or other vehicle and a method for dynamically determining independent wheel steering angles such that a predetermined steering geometry between steerable wheels of the vehicle are described. The steering system determines coordination of the independent wheels based on angle differences of the steerable wheels. The independent master and fo...