ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,887, issued on July 29, was assigned to Custom Truck One Source Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Electric power take-off system" was invented by Frank Miele (Kansas City, Mo.), Fred Ross Jr. (Kansas City, Mo.), Benjamin A. Link (Kearney, Mo.), Richard L. Smith (Overland Park, Kan.) and Nathanael Quinn Armstrong (Kansas City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power take-off system for mounting to a truck body to complement an existing power-take-off system powered by an internal combustion engine. The system includes a motor, battery, fluid reservoir, pump and a digital sensing unit for sensing at least one of fluid pressure or ...