US Patent Issued to JLG Industries on April 14 for "Opto-electric system of enhanced operator control station protection" (Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,611, issued on April 14, was assigned to JLG Industries Inc. (McConnellsburg, Pa.).

"Opto-electric system of enhanced operator control station protection" was invented by Ignacy Puszkiewicz (Hagerstown, Md.), Matthew I. Gilbride (Frederick, Md.), David W. Lombardo (Walkersville, Md.) and Brian K. Mohlman (Broad Top, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for protecting an operator on an aerial work platform from a crushing hazard includes a sensor, such as opto-electric sensor, positionable adjacent the control panel area. A control system is programmed to control operation of the driving components based on signals from the se...