US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on May 5 for "Vehicle with power distribution unit" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,285, issued on May 5, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Vehicle with power distribution unit" was invented by Jeff Verhagen (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jamison Bair (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Dominic Meier (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, a body coupled to the chassis and offset longitudinally rearward from the cab, such that a volume is defined between the cab and the body, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a secondary electrical load, a ba...