US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on March 17 for "Refuse vehicle with self-contained body" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,042, issued on March 17, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Refuse vehicle with self-contained body" was invented by Aaron Fisher (Oshkosh, Wis.), Greg Steffens (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jeff Verhagen (Oshkosh, Wis.), Ryan Wolf (Oshkosh, Wis.), Jon Branson (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Sam Mueller (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refuse vehicle that includes a chassis and a body assembly. The body assembly is removably coupled with the chassis. The body assembly includes a hydraulic system and an electrical system. The hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump and a reservoir, the hydraulic pump and the reservoir coupled w...