US Patent Issued to The Raymond on May 19 for "Multi-function rack systems and methods" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,040, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Raymond Corp. (Greene, N.Y.).

"Multi-function rack systems and methods" was invented by Erric L. Heitmann (Jamesville, N.Y.) and Craig Fahrenkrug (Vestal, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A location determination system for a material handling vehicle operating near a charging node. The system may include a power receptor configured to receive power from the charging node and provide current to the material handling vehicle. The system may include a sensor electrically coupled to the power receptor and configured to measure the current provided by the power receptor, and a controller confi...