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US 10,859,167 B2Granted
Refuse vehicle body assembly
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsKevin G. Jax, Clinton Weckwerth
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab, a bracket, and a valve assembly. The body defines a compartment and includes a front wall. The bracket has an arm coupled to the front wall. The arm extends rearward of the front wall into the compartment. The valve assembly is coupled to the bracket such that at least a portion of the valve assembly is disposed within the compartment.
Claims12
A vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a cab coupled to the chassis;
- a body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab, the body defining a compartment, the body including a bottom wall defining a horizontal plane and a front wall defining a vertical plane;
- a bracket having an arm and a plate coupled to the arm, wherein the arm is coupled to and extends rearward from the front wall into the compartment at a first angle such that the arm is neither parallel with the horizontal plane nor parallel with the vertical plane;
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- a valve assembly coupled to the plate such that (i) the valve assembly is oriented at a second angle different than the first angle such that the valve assembly is neither parallel with the horizontal plane nor parallel with the vertical plane and (ii) at least a portion of the valve assembly is disposed within the compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.