ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,017, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Systems and methods for determining a vehicle rigging setup" was invented by David Hoff (Oshkosh, Wis.), Todd Werner (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Sanjeev Kuriakose (Shippenburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrecker vehicle includes a chassis, a boom coupled with the chassis, and a hoist device coupled with the chassis, the hoist device configured to engage a line to position a piece of equipment relative to the chassis. The vehicle may also include a controller configured to receive rigging setup data. The controller may further determine a first utilization state...