US Patent Issued to The Raymond on July 21 for "Material handling vehicle charging systems and methods with position compensation" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,289, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Raymond Corp. (Greene, N.Y.).

"Material handling vehicle charging systems and methods with position compensation" was invented by Jeffrey J. Kuss (Binghamton, N.Y.) and Curtis D. Richards (Greene, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging device for charging a battery of a material handling vehicle includes a stand having a stationary portion, a moveable portion that moves relative to the stationary portion, and one or more actuators to move the moveable portion. A charging plate and a sensing array can be supported on the moveable portion. The sensing array detects a position of the c...