US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Nov. 4 for "Refuse vehicle with spatial awareness" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,730, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse vehicle with spatial awareness" was invented by Jeffrey Koga (Oshkosh, Wis.), Emily Davis (Rochester, Minn.), Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.), Vince Schad (Oshkosh, Wis.), Robert S. Messina (Oshkosh, Wis.), Christopher K. Yakes (Oshkosh, Wis.), Joshua D. Rocholl (Rochester, Minn.), Vincent Hoover (Byron, Minn.), Clinton T. Weckwerth (Pine Island, Minn.), Zachary L. Klein (Rochester, Minn.), John Beck (Oshkosh, Wis.), Brendan Chan (Oshkosh, Wis.), Skylar A. Wachter (Dodge Center, Minn.) and Dale Matsumoto (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse ...