ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,423, issued on April 14, was assigned to TROVA COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INC. (Dublin, Va.).

"Chassis, converted for a battery electric vehicle" was invented by Patrick Collignon (Dublin, Va.) and Maxell Collignon (Dublin, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chassis frame structure consisting of the merger of two chassis frames with different widths, which include a module to facilitate the difference in size as well as integrate an electric motor drive solution for the purpose of battery electric commercial vehicles. The module mounting structure includes a plurality of brackets allowing for form-fit assembly of an existing vehicle chas...