ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,044, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MANITOU ITALIA S.R.L. (Castelfranco Emilia, Italy).
"Telehandler with convertible propulsion" was invented by Marco Iotti (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a telehandler (1) equipped with at an electric propulsion motor and with several containment compartments (100) for housing means (200, 300) for powering the motor. A compartment (100) is provided with an access opening to allow a user to insert or extract a source of electricity (200, 300) included in the power supply means. A plurality of electric batteries (200) is made available, each designed to be inser...