US 11,685,599 B2
Front lift assembly for electric refuse vehicle
Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); Derek A. Wente, Austin, MN (US); John T. Kellander, Oronoco, MN (US); Cody D. Clifton, Oshkosh, WI (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Skylar A. Wachter, Dodge Center, MN (US); Andrew Kotloski, Oshkosh, WI (US); Wallace Buege, West Bend, WI (US); Caleb Binder, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Martin J. Schimke, Redgranite, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,652.
Application 17/674,652 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,844, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,254,499.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,052, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169444 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B65F 3/06 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/041 (2013.01) [B65F 3/06 (2013.01); B65F 2003/025 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0279 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A lift assembly for a refuse vehicle comprising:
a lift arm assembly pivotally coupled to a body of a refuse vehicle;
at least one fork pivotally coupled to the lift arm assembly, the at least one fork configured to engage with a refuse container;
an electric lift arm actuator comprising an output shaft, wherein the electric lift arm actuator is communicably coupled to an electric energy system; and
a pin coupled to the lift arm assembly and the electric lift arm actuator, the pin configured to rotate about a pin axis;
wherein a rotation of the output shaft causes the lift arm assembly to rotate relative to the body via the pin; and
wherein the output shaft comprises a longitudinal output shaft axis that is coaxial with the pin axis.