ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,367, issued on April 8, was assigned to Crown Equipment Corp. (New Bremen, Ohio).

"Battery display, battery coupling, and materials handling vehicles incorporating the same" was invented by Roland Muller (Feldkirchen, Germany), Martin Ma (Jiangsu, China), Jack Yang (Jiangsu, China), Andy Chen (Jiangsu, China), Bruce Xia (Jiangsu, China) and Luying Sun (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly includes a battery body, a leading face, and an electrical socket on the leading face of the removab...