US 12,429,869 B2
Material handling vehicle mode transition systems and methods
Daniel B. Miller, Greene, NY (US); and Joseph T. Yahner, Chenango Forks, NY (US)
Assigned to The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US)
Filed by The Raymond Corporation, Greene, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,644.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/429,911, filed on Dec. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,686, filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152140 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. B66F 9/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0061 (2013.01) [B66F 9/063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of transitioning a material handling vehicle between a manual mode and a remote mode, comprising:
automatically transitioning the material handling vehicle from the remote mode to the manual mode in response to a determination, by a floor mat sensor, that an operator is positioned within an operator compartment of the material handling vehicle;
preventing entering the remote mode while the floor mat sensor indicates that the operator is positioned within the operator compartment;
manually actuating a mode selection switch, positioned on the material handling vehicle, from a first position to a second position and back to the first position; and
permitting entering the remote mode after the floor mat sensor ceases to indicate that the operator is positioned within the operator compartment.