Patent ID: 11897121
Assignee: OSHKOSH CORPORATION
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis;
a plurality of tractive elements coupled with the chassis and configured to support the refuse vehicle;
a reach assembly coupled with the refuse vehicle; and
a lift assembly coupled with the reach assembly, the lift assembly comprising:
a track including a straight portion and a curved portion; and
a fully-electric grabber assembly configured to ascend or descend the track, the fully-electric grabber assembly comprising:
a carriage configured to movably couple with the track;
a first grabber arm and a second grabber arm rotatably coupled with the carriage at opposite ends of the carriage; and
an electric motor configured to drive one of the first grabber arm or the second grabber arm to rotate relative to the carriage;
wherein the electric motor is configured to output torque through an output driveshaft and drive the first grabber arm to rotate relative to the carriage through a plurality of gears, wherein the plurality of gears comprise:
a first gear rotatably coupled with the carriage and translationally fixedly coupled with the carriage at an axis radially offset from a center of the first gear and configured to receive the output torque from the output driveshaft to rotate about the axis;
an intermediate gear configured to be driven by the first gear, wherein the intermediate gear is rotatably coupled with the first gear through a rotatable linkage that extends between the center of the first gear and a center of the intermediate gear; and
an arm gear fixedly coupled with the first grabber arm and configured to be driven by the intermediate gear to pivot the first grabber arm.