US 12,409,566 B2
Electric grasping apparatus for refuse vehicle
Wallace Buege, Oshkosh, WI (US); Martin Schimke, Oshkosh, WI (US); Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Andrew Kotloski, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,381.
Application 18/402,381 is a continuation of application No. 17/885,311, filed on Aug. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,897,121.
Application 17/885,311 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,162, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,447,334.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,291, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0131728 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01); B65F 3/08 (2006.01); F16H 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0213 (2013.01) [B25J 9/105 (2013.01); B65F 3/08 (2013.01); B65F 2003/023 (2013.01); F16H 2035/001 (2013.01); Y10S 901/38 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A grabber assembly comprising:
a grabber arm;
an actuator;
a first gear driven by the actuator, the first gear rotatable about an axis radially offset from a center thereof;
an intermediate gear coupled with the first gear;
an arm gear coupled with the grabber arm and the intermediate gear to facilitate pivoting the grabber arm; and
at least one of (a) a first linkage extending between the center of the first gear and a center of the intermediate gear or (b) a second linkage extending between the center of the intermediate gear and a center of the arm gear.