ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,298, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Ergonomic vehicle cab" was invented by Greg Steffens (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Andrew Rausch (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis coupled to a wheel and having a first portion and a second portion, an energy storage system supported by the chassis, a drive motor coupled to the wheel and configured to receive electrical energy from the energy storage system and provide rotational mechanical energy to the wheel, a cab supported by the first portion of the chassis, a refuse compartment supported by the second portion of the cha...