ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,832, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Cycle time control for a refuse vehicle hydraulic system" was invented by Chris Mills (Oshkosh, Wis.), Greg Steffens (Oshkosh, Wis.), Chris Rukas (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeremy Andringa (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Colin Wheeler (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle including an electric motor powered by a battery, a hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor, a hydraulic actuator powered by the hydraulic pump, and one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices config...