US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Sept. 8 for "Electrified fire fighting vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,807, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Electrified fire fighting vehicle" was invented by Eric Linsmeier (Larson, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab, an axle coupled to the chassis, a battery pack having a maximum capacity, a driveline coupled to the axle, and a controller. The driveline includes an electric motor coupled to the battery pack. The controller is configured to prevent charging the battery pack beyond a charge threshold to maintain an amount of storage ...