ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,496, issued on June 3, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Thermal stress mitigation system for electric refuse vehicle" was invented by Jeffrey Koga (Oshkosh, Wis.), Emily Davis (Rochester, Minn.), Clinton T. Weckwerth (Pine Island, Minn.), Vincent Hoover (Byron, Minn.), Zachary L. Klein (Rochester, Minn.), Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.), Derek A. Wente (Austin, Minn.), Logan Gary (Oshkosh, Wis.), Joshua D. Rocholl (Rochester, Minn.) and Chad K. Smith (Omro, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, and a thermal stress mitigation system. The body asse...