ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,812, issued on July 14, was assigned to WM Intellectual Property Holdings LLC (Houston).
"Wireless tilt sensor system for a waste or recycling services vehicle" was invented by Matthew Rentz (Sacramento, Calif.) and Michael Nagy (Sacramento, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless tilt sensor system for a waste or recycling services vehicle is provided. The sensor component can be operationally connected to a low power inclinometer or accelerometer to detect movement and tilt angle for a lift arm of the waste or recycling services vehicle and filter out spurious forces from truck movement vibration. The wireless tilt sensor ...