US 11,893,892 B2
Utility or upfit vehicle using communication portal
Ricardo Castano Salinas, Fort Payne, AL (US); John Forrest Smith, Fort Payne, AL (US); Brian Huston Ham, Huntsville, AL (US); and Ralph Waldo Whitfield, Jr., Fort Payne, AL (US)
Assigned to The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed by The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,998.
Application 17/464,998 is a continuation of application No. 16/439,854, filed on Jun. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,127,302.
Application 16/439,854 is a continuation of application No. 15/331,431, filed on Oct. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,325,422, issued on Jun. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/245,654, filed on Oct. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084411 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 1/20 (2013.01) [G05B 19/418 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of upfitting a refuse collection vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving the refuse collection vehicle, the refuse collection vehicle comprising:
a chassis comprising a vehicle bus configured to transmit data according to a first transmission protocol; and
a refuse service body physically coupled to the chassis, the refuse service body comprising a service body bus having a second transmission protocol;
communicatively coupling the service body bus to the vehicle bus via a controller; and
configuring the controller to perform the steps of:
receiving body data communicated through the service body bus via the second transmission protocol;
processing received body data; and
transmitting processed body data through the vehicle bus via the first transmission protocol.