US Patent Issued to HAULOTTE GROUP on March 31 for "Method for extending or retracting the wheels of an aerial work platform mounted on pivoting arms" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,806, issued on March 31, was assigned to HAULOTTE GROUP (Lorette, France).

"Method for extending or retracting the wheels of an aerial work platform mounted on pivoting arms" was invented by Arnaud Colasse (Lyons, France), Remy Cognet (La Grand Croix, France) and Abel Duro (L'Horme, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-board electronics system of an aerial work platform moves the wheels between a retracted and extended position by pivoting a respective arm. The method comprises the following successive steps: a) orienting each wheel tangentially to the pivoting path of the corresponding arm, b) moving the wheel by pivotally a...