ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,360, issued on June 23, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Oscillating axle for lift device" was invented by Ignacy Puszkiewicz (Hagerstown, Md.) and Jihong Hao (Greencastle, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift machine includes a chassis defining a longitudinal center axis, a boom assembly pivotable relative to the chassis, an axle pivotally coupled to the chassis and configured to pivot about the longitudinal center axis, an actuator positioned on a first lateral side of the longitudinal center axis and to facilitate selectively restricting oscillation of the axle, and a controller configured to operate the actuat...