Patent ID: 11858795
Assignee: THE RAYMOND CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of load detection for a material handling vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a load on a fork carriage of the material handling vehicle, the fork carriage including a first fork and a second fork laterally separated from the first fork;
actuating one or more actuation plates of two or more load detection assemblies mounted to the material handling vehicle, via the load, from a first, extended, position to a second, compressed, position; and,
determining whether the load on the fork carriage is properly aligned based on the position of the actuation plates of the load detection assemblies;
wherein the position of the actuation plates corresponds to a status of a proximity sensor within each of the two or more load detection assemblies; and
wherein the status of the proximity sensor includes an unblocked state and a blocked state.