US Patent Issued to OSHKOSH on May 12 for "Automatic vehicle braking in response to operator egress" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,629, issued on May 12, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Automatic vehicle braking in response to operator egress" was invented by David W. Archer (Hortonville, Wis.), Neil Bjornstad (Oshkosh, Wis.), Michael J. Holeton (Appleton, Wis.) and Patrick D. Martin (Appleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes a vehicle subsystem and a processing circuit. The vehicle subsystem includes a pump. The processing circuit is configured to receive an indication that an operator is attempting to exit a cabin of a vehicle and automatically engage a brake of the vehicle in response to the indication to prevent m...