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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,305, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Electrified fire fighting vehicle" was invented by David Archer (Hortonville, Wis.) and 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, at least one of an aerial ladder, a torque box coupled to the chassis and the aerial ladder, or a water tank, and a battery pack positioned at least one of beneath the water tank or within the torque box."

The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/501,198.

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