US 11,745,943 B2
Refuse vehicle control systems
Jeffrey Koga, Oshkosh, WI (US); Emily Davis, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); Vince Schad, Oshkosh, WI (US); Robert S. Messina, Oshkosh, WI (US); Christopher K. Yakes, Oshkosh, WI (US); Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); John Beck, Oshkosh, WI (US); Brendan Chan, Oshkosh, WI (US); Skylar A. Wachter, Dodge Center, MN (US); and Dale Matsumoto, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,540.
Application 17/503,540 is a continuation of application No. 17/232,554, filed on Apr. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,148,880.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,433, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033181 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65F 3/28 (2006.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/28 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B65F 3/041 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0269 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0279 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuse vehicle, comprising:
a chassis;
a body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle configured to store refuse therein, the receptacle having a first end and an opposing second end;
a lock coupled to the body, wherein the lock is selectively repositionable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a tailgate positioned at the second end of the receptacle, wherein the tailgate is pivotally coupled to the body and selectively repositionable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the tailgate is configured to be releasably secured in the closed position by the lock;
an ejector positioned within the receptacle, wherein the ejector is slidable within the receptacle between a first position that is spaced from the tailgate and a second position proximate the tailgate, wherein the ejector is a compactor, and wherein the ejector is at least partially defined by a packer extending obliquely to a floor of the receptacle;
an actuator coupled to the body and the ejector, the actuator configured to transition the ejector between the first position and the second position;
a second actuator coupled to the tailgate and the body and configured to transition the tailgate from the closed position to the open position; and
a processor configured to:
provide command signals to (a) selectively reconfigure the lock into the unlocked position to unlock the tailgate and (b) transition the ejector from the first position to the second position both in response to receiving a single input to thereby eject refuse from the receptacle without receiving multiple input commands; and
provide command signals to the second actuator to transition the tailgate from the closed position to the open position in response to receiving the single input.