US Patent Issued to Oshkosh Defense on July 21 for "Prioritized charging of an energy storage system of a vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,378, issued on July 21, was assigned to Oshkosh Defense LLC (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Prioritized charging of an energy storage system of a vehicle" was invented by Chad Smith (Oshkosh, Wis.), Nader Nasr (Neenah, Wis.), Rachell Harsh (Oshkosh, Wis.), Mike J. Bolton (Oshkosh, Wis.), Bradon Zeitler (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Ryan Crabtree (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an engine configured to drive a front-end accessory drive and a tractive element, an energy storage system including a battery and a controller configured to control the flow of electrical energy to and from the energy storage system, a first generator...