US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 14 for "Chassis with structural battery compartment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,190, issued on July 14, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Chassis with structural battery compartment" was invented by Colin Wheeler (Oshkosh, Wis.), Christopher Yakes (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeremy Andringa (Oshkosh, Wis.), Erik S. Ellifson (Oshkosh, Wis.), Ryan Wolf (Oshkosh, Wis.), Martin J. Schimke (Red Granite, Wis.), Chad Smith (Omro, Wis.), Peter Kramer (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Nader Nasr (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a cab. The chassis is configured to support a tractive element. The chassis includes a battery box. The body is supported by the chassis. Th...