US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Jan. 27 for "Steps and mounting for underslung battery pack" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,937, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Steps and mounting for underslung battery pack" was invented by Mitchell Murphy (Oshkosh, Wis.), Mathew Ubachs (Oshkosh, Wis.), Ryan Wolf (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Jon Branson (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis including a plurality of rails, a front and rear tractive assemblies coupled to the chassis, and a battery assembly. The battery assembly is coupled to the chassis between the front and rear tractive assemblies. The battery assembly includes a battery housing, a mounting assembly, and a support. The mounting assembl...