US Patent Issued to OSHKOSH on June 2 for "Hydraulic system for a refuse vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,496, issued on June 2, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Hydraulic system for a refuse vehicle" was invented by Chris Mills (Oshkosh, Wis.), Greg Steffens (Oshkosh, Wis.), Chris Rukas (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeremy Andringa (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Colin Wheeler (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle including a first electric motor powered by a battery, a first hydraulic pump driven by the first electric motor, a packer actuator powered by the first hydraulic pump, a second electric motor powered by the battery, a second hydraulic pump driven by the second electric motor, a door actuator powered by the secon...