US 12,187,156 B2
Battery storage system 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, Mapleton, MN (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); Chad Smith, Omro, WI (US); and Neil Dekarske, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/974,860.
Application 17/974,860 is a continuation of application No. 17/362,178, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,505,083.
Application 17/362,178 is a continuation of application No. 17/007,622, filed on Aug. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,148,550.
Application 17/007,622 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,149, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,934, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047275 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 53/80 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B65F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/80 (2019.02) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B65F 3/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01); B60K 2001/045 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0461 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuse vehicle, comprising:
a chassis comprising a frame member;
one or more wheels;
a body assembly coupled to the frame member of the chassis, the body assembly comprising a body defining a refuse compartment, a bottom surface of the body assembly being defined by a point at which the body assembly contacts a top of the frame member; and
a plurality of battery cells disposed in a modular housing, an upper most surface of the modular housing spaced a distance below the bottom surface of the body assembly, the plurality of battery cells positioned directly above axles of rear wheels of the refuse vehicle, wherein the plurality of battery cells supply electrical power to a drive motor to drive the one or more wheels, a packing actuator, and at least one of a lift actuator, a tailgate actuator, or a grabber actuator, wherein the plurality of battery cells are removable from and insertable into an end of the modular housing without removing the modular housing from the refuse vehicle.