Patent ID: 11919708
Assignee: OSHKOSH CORPORATION
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis;
a body assembly coupled to the chassis and defining a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material;
a battery system configured to be charged via at least one of an on-board electrical energy generator, an external power source, or a power regenerative braking system; and
an automated reach arm comprising:
a refuse container engagement mechanism configured to selectively engage a refuse container;
a first articulating arm segment hingedly coupled to the body assembly;
a second articulating arm segment hingedly coupled to the first articulating arm segment and the refuse container engagement mechanism, wherein the automated reach arm is configured to extend in a first direction from a retracted position to an extended position, the first articulating arm segment is configured to rotate with respect to the second articulating arm segment about a first axis, the first axis is perpendicular to the first direction; and
at least one electrically driven actuation mechanism powered by the battery system and configured to selectively rotate the first articulating arm segment and the second articulating arm segment with respect to one another to selectively actuate the automated reach arm between the extended position, the retracted position, and a refuse-dumping position, the at least one electrically driven actuation mechanism comprising:
a first articulation motor configured to selectively rotate the first articulating arm segment with respect to the body assembly about a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis;
a second articulation motor configured to selectively rotate the second articulating arm segment with respect to the first articulating arm segment about the first axis:
a first slew motor configured to selectively swing the automated reach arm with respect to the body assembly about a third axis that is perpendicular to both the first direction and the first axis;
a second slew motor configured to selectively swing the refuse container engagement mechanism with respect to the second articulating arm segment about a fourth axis that is parallel to the third axis; and
a refuse container engagement mechanism tilt motor configured to selectively tilt the refuse container engagement mechanism with respect to the second articulating arm segment about a fifth axis, parallel to the first axis and the second axis.