ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,890, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Phoenix Motor Inc. (Anaheim, Calif.).
"Electric bus" was invented by Dale Hill (New Braunfels, Texas), Michael Walker (Daly City, Calif.), Shaun Onorato (Superior, Colo.), Donald Morris (Littleton, Colo.), Stephen Misencik (Raleigh, N.C.) and John Winkel (Thornton, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-floor electric bus includes a plurality of battery packs mounted under the floor of such that the floor inside the bus between a front axle and a rear axle of the bus is substantially flat. Each battery pack may include an enclosure and multiple battery modules positioned within the enclosur...