US 12,358,718 B2
Body tie-down
Logan Gary, Oshkosh, WI (US); Derek Wente, Austin, MN (US); Jacob Wallin, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,992.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/271,442, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125077 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/02 (2013.01) [B65F 2003/0269 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0279 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis having a chassis frame member;
a refuse collection body having a body frame member;
a battery mounted to the chassis frame member; and
a body tie-down assembly, comprising:
a chassis mounting member having a top member defining at least one aperture, the chassis mounting member coupled to the chassis frame member;
a body mounting member coupled to the body frame member, the body mounting member further comprising brackets, the brackets defining a cavity and one or more retaining slots, wherein the top member of the chassis mounting member is received within the cavity;
a spring assembly comprising a spring having a spring cavity, a bolt, and a nut, wherein the bolt extends through the spring cavity; and
a retainer plate having a slot and a mounting surface, the mounting surface of the retainer plate corresponding to the retaining slots of the brackets;
wherein the bolt further extends through the top member of the chassis mounting member and the slot of the retainer plate and receives the nut to secure the chassis mounting member to the body mounting member, and wherein the bolt is received within the one or more retaining slots during removal of the bolt to prohibit the bolt from coming in contact with the battery.