US Patent Issued on March 18 for "Electrified container, railcar, ship, connection pad, and/or semi-trailer system" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,505, issued on March 18.

"Electrified container, railcar, ship, connection pad, and/or semi-trailer system" was invented by James Francis Cordes Jr. (Drexel Hill, Pa.) and Christopher P. Shuster (Drexel Hill, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified container assembly and system is herein disclosed. The assembly includes a container, a first photovoltaic sheet, a battery array, electrified corner castings, electrified twist-lock connectors, and a container controller. The container includes multiple walls. The first photovoltaic sheet is mounted to a first wall of container, and the first photovoltaic sheet generates electr...