US Patent Issued to The Shyft Group on June 30 for "Chassis for electric vehicle" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,306, issued on June 30, was assigned to The Shyft Group Inc. (Charlotte, Mich.).

"Chassis for electric vehicle" was invented by Johann Pieter Eloff (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Samuel Francis Colalillo Jr. (New Carlisle, Ind.) and Steven Rudolph (Granger, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic vehicle is disclosed with a vehicle body having a cab portion and a rear cargo portion. The rear cargo portion includes a floor comprising a plurality of floor planks. The vehicle includes a chassis with a first rail and a second rail extend along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle body. There are one or more connection points between the fir...