ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,965, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse vehicle with electric chassis" was invented by Emily Davis (Rochester, Minn.), Joshua D. Rocholl (Rochester, Minn.), Clinton T. Weckwerth (Pine Island, Minn.), Vincent Hoover (Byron, Minn.), Michael R. Moore (New London, Wis.), Samuel Mueller (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeff Verhagen (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeremy Andringa (Oshkosh, Wis.), Greg Steffens (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Jeffrey Koga (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage device supported by the chassis, a body assembly, and a power distribution unit. The energ...