ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,512, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Refuse vehicle with multi-functional pedal" was invented by Ryan Wolf (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeremy Andringa (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Amanda Miller (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a motor, a battery, a pedal, and processing circuitry. The motor consumes electrical energy transport the refuse vehicle, or is back-driven to generate electrical energy and provide regenerative braking. The processing circuitry obtains an amount of depression from the pedal, and compares the amount of depression to a transition point. In response to the amoun...