US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Sept. 22 for "Mixer autonomy mode" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,395, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Mixer autonomy mode" was invented by Bryan Datema (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixer vehicle system includes a mixer vehicle and an autonomous control system. The mixer vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a plurality of subcomponents including a cabin, a mixing drum, a charge hopper, and a chute. The autonomous control system is configured to automate an operation of the mixer vehicle. The autonomous control system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect an event and gener...