703 patents
Utility
Fluid Delivery System for a Fire Apparatus
18 Jan 24
A ratio controller includes a housing defining a mixing chamber.
David Fieber, Brian Piller, Chad Trinkner
Filed: 27 Sep 23
Utility
Battery Placement for Electric Refuse Vehicle
18 Jan 24
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a plurality of battery cells.
Jeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Vincent Hoover, Zachary L. Klein, Jerrod Kappers, Derek A. Wente, Logan Gary, Joshua D. Rocholl, Nader Nasr, Chad K. Smith, John T. Kellander, Cody D. Clifton, Skylar A. Wachter, Neil Dekarske
Filed: 26 Sep 23
Utility
Battery management systems and methods
16 Jan 24
A lift device comprises a base, a linear actuator, and a rechargeable battery system.
David Lombardo
Filed: 19 Jul 22
Utility
Lift device with split battery pack
16 Jan 24
A lift device includes a base assembly, a turntable assembly, and a controller.
David Lombardo, Eko Prasetiawan, Ignacy Puskiewicz, Wenton S. Miller, Shane Mastronardi, Matthew Gilbride
Filed: 19 Jan 22
Utility
Refuse body adapter
9 Jan 24
A refuse body adapter includes a sub-frame assembly, a sub-frame adapter, and a spacer.
Leslie Schwartz, Robert Ryan, Matthew Deinema, John Kellander, Emily Davis, Rob Messina
Filed: 23 Dec 22
Utility
Refuse vehicle body assembly
9 Jan 24
A refuse body assembly includes a body, a bracket, and a valve assembly.
Kevin G. Jax, Clinton Weckwerth
Filed: 19 Aug 22
Utility
System and Method for Electronic Power Take-off Controls
4 Jan 24
A refuse vehicle includes a battery configured to provide electrical energy to drive at least one of a plurality of wheels, a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein, and an electric power take-off system including a motor configured to power to a hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery, an inverter configured to provide the electrical energy to the motor from the battery, a sensor configured to detect thermal energy within the inverter, and a controller configured to receive data from the sensor, wherein the controller is further configured to determine if the data from the sensor is greater than a critical operating condition and reduce a rate of electrical energy supplied to the motor in response to determining that the data from the sensor is greater than the critical operating condition.
Jeffrey Koga, Emily Davis, Jerrod Kappers, Vince Schad, Robert S. Messina, Christopher K. Yakes, Vincent Hoover, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Zachary L. Klein, John Beck, Brendan Chan, Skylar A. Wachter, Nader Nasr, Chad K. Smith, Logan Gary, Derek A. Wente, Shawn Naglik, Mike J. Bolton, Jacob Wallin, Quincy Wittman, Christopher J. Rukas, Dylan Hess, Jason Rice, Zhenyi Wei, Bashar Amin, Catherine Linsmeier, Joshua D. Rocholl
Filed: 13 Sep 23
Utility
Battery Storage System for Electrified Vehicle
4 Jan 24
An electrified vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, and an energy storage system.
Joshua D. Rocholl, Derek A. Wente, John T. Kellander, Cody D. Clifton, Vincent Hoover, Zachary L. Klein, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Skylar A. Wachter, Chad Smith, Neil Dekarske
Filed: 19 Sep 23
Utility
Automatic Wheel Grid
4 Jan 24
A wheel grid includes a crossbar configured to be coupled to a boom of a tow vehicle and including a distal tip.
Bradley S. Kresge, Todd Werner
Filed: 4 Jan 23
Utility
Hydraulic System for a Vehicle
4 Jan 24
A vehicle includes a hydraulic actuator configured to move an implement relative to the chassis, a hydraulic motor configured to propel the vehicle, a drive pump fluidly coupled to the hydraulic motor, a charge pump configured to provide a flow of pressurized fluid, and a valve assembly fluidly coupled to the charge pump.
Mark White
Filed: 12 Sep 23
Utility
Mixer drum drive with variable displacement motor
2 Jan 24
A drum drive system includes a controller configured to selectively control an engine, a variable displacement pump, and a variable displacement motor of a vehicle to provide a target drum speed for a drum of the vehicle.
Yanming Hou, Loren G. DeVries, Rongjun Zhang, Jeremy Andringa
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Concrete drum control, property prediction, and monitoring systems and methods
2 Jan 24
A vehicle system includes a controller configured to acquire environment data, acquire GPS data including information regarding characteristics of a route between an initial location of a vehicle and a destination for the vehicle, receive an initial property of drum contents within a mixing drum of the vehicle, receive a target property for the drum contents, operate a drum drive system of the vehicle at a first drive speed determined based on the initial property, the target property, the environment data, and the GPS data, receive a signal from a mixture sensor indicative of a current property of the drum contents at a current location of the vehicle different than the initial location, and adjust the first drive speed of the drum drive system to a second drive speed where the second drive speed is determined based on the target property, the current property, updated environment data, and updated GPS data.
Bryan S. Datema, Christopher K. Yakes
Filed: 26 Mar 21
Utility
Battery storage system for electric refuse vehicle
2 Jan 24
A refuse vehicle including a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, the body assembly defining a refuse compartment, and an electric energy system, the electric energy system including one or more battery cells and control hardware, the electric energy system detachably coupled to the body and configured to be accessed by a door in the body, and wherein the one or more battery cells of the electric energy system are replaceable.
Joshua D. Rocholl, Derek A. Wente, John T. Kellander, Cody D. Clifton, Vincent Hoover, Zachary L. Klein, Clinton T. Weckwerth, Skylar A. Wachter, Chad Smith, Neil Dekarske
Filed: 18 Oct 21
Utility
Load map interface system and methods
2 Jan 24
Systems and apparatuses include a load map interface system including one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive a load map from an external input; determine a work machine load based at least in part on a sensor array of a work machine; generate a modified load map based on the received load map and the work machine load, the modified load map including an acceptable zone defining an acceptable load threshold and a warning zone defining a warning zone threshold; determine a location of the work machine on the modified load map; and send a notification to a display indicating that the work machine is within the acceptable zone or the warning zone.
Robert S. Messina, Catherine Lee, Louis A. Bafile
Filed: 9 Dec 21
Utility
Steps and Mounting for Underslung Battery Pack
28 Dec 23
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis including a plurality of rails, a front and rear tractive assemblies coupled to the chassis, and a battery assembly.
Mitchell Murphy, Mathew Ubachs, Ryan Wolf, Jon Branson
Filed: 17 Feb 23
Utility
Unibody Refuse Vehicle
28 Dec 23
A refuse vehicle includes a frame structure, one or more axle assemblies, a body, one or more cab supports, a plurality of brackets, and a battery frame.
Ryan Wolf, Greg Steffens, Jeff Verhagen, Victor Rysdam
Filed: 27 Jun 23
Utility
Vehicle with Marker Lights for Charging Status
28 Dec 23
A refuse vehicle includes a battery configured to power the refuse vehicle, a light, and a controller electrically coupled to the battery and the light.
Amanda Miller, Jeffrey Koga, Jerry SHIRLEY, Troy Herman, Jeff Verhagen, Jon Branson
Filed: 17 Feb 23
Utility
Hydraulic Systems and Methods for a Vehicle with a Common Pump Supplying Steering and Braking Functions
28 Dec 23
A hydraulic system includes a pump having a pump outlet, a tank configured to supply fluid to the pump, a hydraulic motor coupled to an air compressor that is configured to supply compressed air to an air brake, a steering gear having an inlet workport and an outlet workport, and a compressor bypass valve.
Jesse Steinke, Ryan Wolf, Chris Mills
Filed: 27 Jun 23
Utility
Electrified Fire Fighting Vehicle
28 Dec 23
An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a water tank supported by the chassis, an energy storage system coupled to the chassis, a water pump supported by the chassis, and an electromagnetic device electrically coupled to the energy storage system.
Jason Shively, Seth Newlin, David Kay, Jack Bermingham, Jon Morrow, David Steinberger
Filed: 7 Sep 23
Utility
Refuse Vehicle with Multi-functional Pedal
28 Dec 23
A refuse vehicle includes a motor, a battery, a pedal, and processing circuitry.
Ryan Wolf, Jeremy Andringa, Amanda Miller
Filed: 27 Jun 23