US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Feb. 18 for "System and method for thermal detection, suppression, and discharge" (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,662, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"System and method for thermal detection, suppression, and discharge" was invented by Jeffrey Koga (Oshkosh, Wis.), Emily Davis (Rochester, Minn.), Clinton T. Weckwerth (Pine Island, Minn.), Vincent Hoover (Bryon, Minn.), Zachary L. Klein (Rochester, Minn.), Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.), Derek A. Wente (Austin, Texas), Logan Gary (Oshkosh, Wis.), Joshua D. Rocholl (Rochester, Minn.) and Chad K. Smith (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defi...