US 12,409,718 B2
Structural refuse vehicle body with undermounted batteries
Colin Wheeler, Oshkosh, WI (US); Jeremy Andringa, Oshkosh, WI (US); Erik S. Ellifson, Oshkosh, WI (US); Peter Kramer, Oshkosh, WI (US); Nader Nasr, Neenah, WI (US); Martin J. Schimke, Red Granite, WI (US); Chad Smith, Omro, WI (US); Ryan Wolf, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Christopher Yakes, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,350.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,317, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,304, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070769 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/18 (2019.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/18 (2019.02); H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrified vehicle, comprising:
a front subframe;
a rear subframe;
a body that connects the front subframe to the rear subframe so that forces acting on the front subframe and the rear subframe are transmitted through the body;
a housing coupled to an underside of the body between the front subframe and the rear subframe; and
an energy storage system enclosed within the housing and comprising:
a battery; and
a battery interface configured to electrically couple the battery to at least one component of the electrified vehicle,
wherein the body comprises at least one of a refuse compartment, a lift assembly, a mixing drum assembly, a ladder assembly, a pump system, or a turntable.