US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Aug. 25 for "Refuse vehicle with electric power take-off" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,286, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse vehicle with electric power take-off" was invented by Nick Weykamp (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis; a body assembly coupled to the chassis; a prime mover; an exhaust outlet fluidly coupled to the prime mover; a battery configured to store electrical energy; and an electric power take-off ("E-PTO") system including a plurality of components positioned within a housing that is coupled to the body assembly. The exhaust outlet is configured to emit exhaust gas generated by the prime mover. The housing is positi...