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US 11,046,329 B2Granted
Operational modes for a refuse vehicle
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsCody Clifton, Jerry Shirley, Josh Rocholl, Zhenyi Wei
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Abstract
A refuse vehicle has a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, as well as a motor. A vehicle body is also supported by the chassis and defines a receptacle for storing refuse. A lifting system is coupled to the vehicle body and is movable between a first position and a second position vertically offset from the first position. The refuse vehicle also has a processing unit in communication with the lifting system and the motor. The processing unit is configured to access and toggle through a plurality of preset operational modes stored within a memory to adjust performance parameters of the refuse vehicle.
Claims19
A refuse vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels;
- a motor supported by the chassis;
- a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein;
- a lifting system movable between a first position and a second position vertically offset from the first position;
- a processing unit in communication with the lifting system and motor and configured to access and toggle through a plurality of preset operational modes stored within a memory to adjust performance parameters of at least one of the motor and lifting system, wherein the plurality of preset operational modes include a residential mode and a commercial mode, the residential mode being different than the commercial mode;
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- a graphical user interface in communication with the processing unit and configured to display a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs corresponding to one of the preset operational modes;
- wherein upon receiving a selection of one of the plurality of inputs on the graphical user interface, the processing unit adjusts the performance parameters of at least one of the motor and lifting system to values associated with the preset operational mode associated with the at least one of the plurality of inputs selected.
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A method of controlling a refuse vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a selection of a preset operational mode of the refuse vehicle;
- accessing a memory, with a processing unit in communication with a lifting system and a motor of the refuse vehicle, to retrieve preset performance parameters of the refuse vehicle associated with the selected preset operational mode of the refuse vehicle, the performance parameters including a compactor frequency and a compacting force delivered by a compactor within a receptacle of the refuse vehicle;
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- adjusting current performance parameters of the refuse vehicle to equal the preset performance parameters associated with the selected preset operational mode of the refuse vehicle,
- wherein the memory stores a plurality of selectable preset operational modes for the refuse vehicle, the plurality of preset refuse including at least a residential mode and a commercial mode, the residential mode being different than the commercial mode.
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A refuse vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels;
- a motor supported by the chassis;
- a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein;
- a lifting system movable between a first position and a second position vertically offset from the first position;
- a processing unit in communication with the lifting system and the motor and configured to access and toggle through a plurality of preset operational modes stored within a memory to adjust performance parameters of at least one of the motor and lifting system;
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- a graphical user interface in communication with the processing unit and configured to display a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs corresponding to one of the preset operational modes, the preset operational modes including at least a recycling mode, a garbage mode, a residential mode, and a commercial mode, wherein the recycling mode is different than the garbage mode and the residential mode is different than the commercial mode;
- wherein upon receiving a selection of one of the recycling mode and the garbage mode on the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface prompts the selection of one of the residential mode and the commercial mode, and wherein upon receiving a selection of at least one of the residential mode and the commercial mode on the graphical user interface, the processing unit adjusts the performance parameters of at least one of the motor and lifting system to values associated with the at least two preset operational modes selected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.