ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,942, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Vehicle with reconfigurable energy storage" was invented by Mitchell Murphy (Oshkosh, Wis.), Ryan Wolf (Oshkosh, Wis.), David Palmer (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Aaron Fisher (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a chassis including a first frame rail and a second frame rail, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a drive motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and an energy storage system. The energy storage system includes a first battery module and a second battery module. The energy storage system is selecti...