ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,805, issued on June 17, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Refuse vehicle control system" was invented by Grant Wildgrube (Faribault, Minn.), Zhenyi Wei (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Cody D. Clifton (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, a refuse collection arm, a position sensor configured to detect a position of the refuse collection arm relative to the body, an object detection system configured to provide object detection data within a range of locations relative to the body, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication, based on the object detectio...