US Patent Issued to Oshkosh Defense on March 24 for "Military vehicle with battery armor" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,715, issued on March 24, was assigned to Oshkosh Defense LLC (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Military vehicle with battery armor" was invented by Chad Smith (Omro, Wis.), Nader Nasr (Neenah, Wis.), Rachell Harsh (Oshkosh, Wis.), Mike J. Bolton (Oshkosh, Wis.), Bradon Zeitler (Oshkosh, Wis.), Ryan Crabtree (Oshkosh, Wis.), Micah Richmond (Omro, Wis.) and Jacob Leeman (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A military vehicle includes a passenger capsule having a floor sidewalls, and a belly deflector arranged beneath the floor, and a battery armor assembly coupled to an exterior surface of the belly deflector. The battery armor assembly incl...