US Patent Issued to Manitou Equipment America on March 18 for "Loader with pivoting battery array support" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,866, issued on March 18, was assigned to Manitou Equipment America LLC (West Bend, Wis.).

"Loader with pivoting battery array support" was invented by Don Vollmar (Mequon, Wis.), Tyler James Handel (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and Kyle Ressler (West Bend, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric loader is provided with a plurality of independently driven wheels. For example, a four-wheeled electric loader includes four independently operated wheels, each directly coupled to a dedicated electric motor. A fifth independent electrical motor powers the lift arm and/or any attachments coupled to an auxiliary hydraulic. A central forced...