ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,225, issued on July 14.
"Combination battery and battery charger construct for electric industrial trucks" was invented by Edwin Lee Jessup (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), John Pizarro (Charleston, S.C.) and Christian Bartl (Rochester, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination battery and battery charger construct for a vehicle such as an industrial truck. The battery comprises a battery charger construct that is attached to the battery so that the battery charger construct is resident on the battery. The battery charger construct comprises a battery chargers or battery chargers. A socket communicates with the battery charger(s) of th...