US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Dec. 30 for "Mobility base" (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,335, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Mobility base" was invented by Janine Borofka (Oshkosh, Wis.), Peter Tan (Oshkosh, Wis.), Gregory S. Brulo (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jihong Hao (Greencastle, Pa.) and Prabhu Shankar (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift device includes a base, a retractable lift assembly, a coupler, an electro-mechanical device, and a battery pack. The base includes an electric drive and at least two rotatable wheels powered by the electric drive. The retractable lift assembly includes a first end coupled to the base and a second end that is movable relative to the base. Th...