US Patent Issued to Perkins Engines on Dec. 2 for "Contactor assembly for battery pack of electric work vehicle" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,777, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Perkins Engines Co. Ltd. (Peterborough, Great Britain).

"Contactor assembly for battery pack of electric work vehicle" was invented by Robert D. Busby (Whittlesey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contactor assembly is provided for a battery module of an electric work vehicle comprising a battery management system. The battery module is configured to be charged and discharged via a first circuit. The first circuit comprises the contactor assembly, the contactor assembly comprising a first contactor in series with a second contactor. Each of the first contactor and the second contact...