ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,071, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Deadweight reduction in tippers" was invented by Madhuchandra K S (Bangalore, India), Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik K S (Bangalore, India) and Anjan Yvk (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tipper arrangement for a vehicle includes a tipper body for carrying a load; a movable ejection board mechanically attached to at least one an ejection arm at a front of the tipper body inside the tipper body, the at least one ejection arm is pivotable attached with respect to the tipper body and extend to below the tipper body; an actuator configured to rotat...