US 11,772,890 B2
Refuse vehicle with electric reach apparatus
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 Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,872.
Application 17/551,872 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,180, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,254,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,084, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106114 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B65G 65/08 (2006.01); B65G 65/23 (2006.01); B25J 18/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/048 (2013.01) [B25J 9/102 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); B25J 9/1035 (2013.01); B25J 9/123 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 18/025 (2013.01); B25J 19/0004 (2013.01); B65G 65/08 (2013.01); B65G 65/23 (2013.01); B65F 2003/023 (2013.01); B65F 2003/025 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0269 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reach assembly for a refuse vehicle, the reach assembly comprising:
an outer member fixedly coupled with the refuse vehicle;
a plurality of telescoping members, each of the telescoping members comprising a rack extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein an outermost one of the plurality of telescoping members comprises a lift apparatus;
a plurality of electric motors, each fixedly coupled with one of the telescoping members and configured to drive a pinion that engages the rack of an adjacent one of the telescoping members; and
a plurality of electric brakes, each of the plurality of electric brakes configured to activate to engage an output shaft of a corresponding one of the plurality of electric motors;
wherein the plurality of electric motors are configured to drive the plurality of telescoping members to telescope to translate the lift apparatus.