ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,718, issued on June 24, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Battery storage system for electric refuse vehicle" was invented by Joshua D. Rocholl (Rochester, Minn.), Derek A. Wente (Austin, Wis.), John T. Kellander (Oronoco, Minn.), Cody D. Clifton (Mapleton, Minn.), Vincent Hoover (Byron, Minn.), Zachary L. Klein (Rochester, Minn.), Clinton T. Weckwerth (Pine Island, Minn.), Skylar A. Wachter (Dodge Center, Minn.), Chad Smith (Omro, Wis.) and Neil Dekarske (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle including a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compart...