US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Feb. 24 for "Transition door for refuse vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,182, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Transition door for refuse vehicle" was invented by Brandon Lemke (Oshkosh, Wis.), Greg Steffens (Oshkosh, Wis.), McCall Groen (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Jeff Verhagen (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis and spaced from the cab such that a gap is positioned therebetween, and a transition door assembly positioned across the gap. The transition door assembly includes a support structure, a door panel, a hinge, a latch, and a latch actuator. The support structure is c...