US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Jan. 27 for "Pump control system for a refuse vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,294, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Pump control system for a refuse vehicle" was invented by Derek Wente (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Jacob Wallin (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a lift system, and a controller. The lift system includes a lift arm actuator, a pump, and an electric motor. The pump is configured to power the lift arm actuator and is driven by the electric motor. The controller is configured to receive a user input that specifies a position of the lift arm actuator within a movement range, determine a flow demand required to move the ...