US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on July 22 for "Regeneration control for a refuse vehicle packer system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,536, issued on July 22, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Regeneration control for a refuse vehicle packer 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 manifold including a plurality of electrically actuated solenoid valves receiving hydraulic power from the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator powered by the hydraulic pump via the manifold, and...