US Patent Issued to Cascade on Oct. 27 for "Variable load geometry clamp pressure control" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,789, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Cascade Corp. (Fairview, Ore.).

"Variable load geometry clamp pressure control" was invented by Brent G. Running (Hood River, Ore.), Christopher M. Walthers (Gresham, Ore.) and Cory Evan Pearman (Oregon City, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material handling clamp having a proportional relief valve delivering pressurized fluid to clamp arms that grasp a load, and having a controller configured to receive load geometry data and variably control the proportional relief valve to provide a target clamp force."

The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/160,890.

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