US Patent Issued to Zeus Electric Chassis on July 8 for "Optimized AC powered auxiliary units for medium/heavy duty configurable electric trucks" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,014, issued on July 8, was assigned to Zeus Electric Chassis Inc. (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

"Optimized AC powered auxiliary units for medium/heavy duty configurable electric trucks" was invented by Robert L. Grinstead (Chisago City, Minn.) and William Brandt (White Bear Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zero-emission configurable medium/heavy duty class electric truck is disclosed that uses high-voltage, battery-powered electrical energy for both motive power and auxiliary powered unit power. In embodiments, the electric truck includes a central frame having a pair of main frame rails configured to support at least two batt...