ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,421, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HALE PRODUCTS INC. (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Fire truck chassis with power-conserving electric pump system" was invented by Michael A. Laskaris (Collegeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Briefly stated, one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a firefighting apparatus. The firefighting apparatus includes a movable fire truck chassis and a battery array movable with the movable fire truck chassis and operatively connected to provide power for operating at least one pump of the firefighting apparatus. A pre-connect pump has a pre-connect inlet and a pre-connect outlet and is elect...