US Patent Issued to Crown Equipment on March 17 for "Operator control system for a materials handling vehicle" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,087, issued on March 17, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"Operator control system for a materials handling vehicle" was invented by John Hinders (Sidney, Ohio), Adam M. Ruppert (Wapakoneta, Ohio), Craig Rekow (Troy, Ohio), Matthew Jacob Otto (New Bremen, Ohio) and Cole Thomas Steinbrunner (New Bremen, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operator control system is provided for a materials handling vehicle, the materials handling vehicle including an operator station having a support structure. The operator control system includes an operator control assembly having a housing mounted to or integral with th...