US Patent Issued to Cummins on Aug. 19 for "Reconfiguration of combustion engine powered haul truck with hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery power supply" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,109, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Reconfiguration of combustion engine powered haul truck with hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery power supply" was invented by Joshua M. Sweere (Seattle), Spencer M. Anunsen (Seattle), Larissa Y. Kunz (Seattle), Harlan Thomas Kuo (Seattle), Alexis R. Humann (Seattle), David T. Gerhardt (Seattle), Krunal Desai (Seattle), Peter Illsley (Seattle), Clara Sekowski (Seattle) and Sarah Balles (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrofit mining haul truck includes a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell/battery-based powerplant in place of a carbon fuel-based powerplant. The...