ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,590, issued on March 11, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Mounting system for energy storage systems on a vehicle" was invented by Sebastien Ragot (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Jonatan Horder (Molndal, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system for mounting of an energy storage system to a frame of a vehicle. The mounting system comprises an energy storage system bracket assembly, a frame-mounted bracket assembly and a locking mechanism comprising a sliding lock assembly translatable between an open and a closed position locking the energy storage system."

The patent was filed on May 5, 2020, under A...