US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 1 for "Refuse vehicle with electric power take-off" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,468, issued on July 1, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse vehicle with electric power take-off" was invented by Ross Turner (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.), Quincy Wittman (Oshkosh, Wis.), Logan Gary (Oshkosh, Wis.), Derek Wente (Austin, Minn.), Jason Rice (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jacob Wallin (Oshkosh, Wis.), Emily Davis (Rochester, Minn.) and Joshua Rocholl (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, a battery configured to provide electrical energy to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels, a vehicle body supported by the c...