US Patent Issued to Howe & Howe on March 17 for "Delivering fluid through an electric vehicle" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,295, issued on March 17, was assigned to Howe & Howe Inc. (Waterboro, Maine).

"Delivering fluid through an electric vehicle" was invented by Forrest Joel Tripp (East Waterboro, Maine), Anthony Victor Castro (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) and Michael Howe (Biddeford, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firefighting vehicle includes a chassis that houses an electric drivetrain for driving wheels of the vehicle. A conduit extends within the chassis from back to front for conveying firefighting fluid. Within the chassis, a first motor and a first battery pack are disposed on a first side of the conduit and a second motor and a second batter...