US 12,319,496 B2
Thermal stress mitigation system for electric refuse vehicle
Jeffrey Koga, Oshkosh, WI (US); Emily Davis, Rochester, MN (US); Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); Derek A. Wente, Austin, MN (US); Logan Gary, Oshkosh, WI (US); Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); and Chad K. Smith, Omro, WI (US)
Assigned to OSHKOSH CORPORATION, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,040.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,139, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097962 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/02 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis;
a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment;
a thermal stress mitigation system configured to mitigate against a thermal stress on the refuse vehicle, the thermal stress mitigation system comprising:
a thermal stress mitigation substance;
at least one of a container and a tank configured to store the thermal stress mitigation substance; and
one or more nozzles fluidly coupled to the at least one of the container and the tank and operable to deploy the thermal stress mitigation substance, the thermal stress mitigation system configured to deploy the thermal stress mitigation substance into the refuse compartment.