ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,012, issued on July 8, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Energy storage compartment" was invented by Jan Hendriks (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Viktor Karlsson (Molndal, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an energy storage compartment connectable between a pair of longitudinally extending frame rails of a heavy-duty vehicle, the energy storage compartment being arranged to house an energy storage system configured to supply energy to a prime mover of the vehicle for propulsion of the prime mover, wherein the energy storage compartment comprises longitudinally extending portio...