US Patent Issued to Joy Global Underground Mining on July 28 for "Energy storage system for vehicle and alignment system for same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,743, issued on July 28, was assigned to Joy Global Underground Mining LLC (Warrendale, Pa.).

"Energy storage system for vehicle and alignment system for same" was invented by Craig Beange (Lively, Canada), Daniel Black (Whitefish, Canada) and Ryan Karns (Hanmer, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage system is removably coupled to a vehicle and includes a frame, a battery supported on the frame, and a frame alignment system. The frame includes a base configured to rest on a support surface while the frame is uncoupled from the vehicle, and a first mounting feature configured to engage a complementary second mounting ...