# US 11,993,457 B2 · Refuse vehicle with electric power take-off > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,457 B2 - Document ID: US11993457B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/967,357 - Filed: 2022-10-17 - Published: 2023-04-20 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-18 - Assignees: Oshkosh Corporation - Applicants: Oshkosh Corporation - Inventors: Ross Turner; Jerrod Kappers; Quincy Wittman; Logan Gary; Derek Wente; Jason Rice; Jacob Wallin; Emily Davis; Joshua Rocholl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993457B2 ## CPC - B65F 3/06: Arrangement and disposition of fluid actuators - B60L 1/003: {to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors} - B60L 2200/36: Vehicles designed to transport cargo, e.g. trucks - B60L 2200/40: Working vehicles - B65F 2003/025: {Constructional features relating to actuating means for lifting or tipping containers} - B65F 2003/0276: {capable of moving towards or away from the vehicle} - B65F 2003/0279: {the discharging means mounted at the front of the vehicle} - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ## Abstract A refuse vehicle includes a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, a battery configured to provide electrical energy to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels, a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein, and an electric power take-off module removabley coupled to the vehicle body, wherein the electric power take-off module includes an electric power take-off system including a motor configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and provide power to a hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refuse vehicle comprising: a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels; a battery configured to provide electrical energy to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein; and an electric power take-off module removabley coupled to the vehicle body, wherein the electric power take-off module includes an electric power take-off system including: a motor configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and provide power to a hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric power take-off system further includes an inverter configured to provide the electrical energy to the motor from the battery. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric power take-off system further includes a second battery, such that the electric power take-off system is configured to operate solely off energy from the second battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the motor is a first motor and the electric power take-off system further includes a second motor configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and provide power to the hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric power take-off system further includes a hydraulic pump configured to receive power from the motor and provide hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, further comprising a sensor configured to detect when the electric power take-off module is de-coupled from the body; and a controller in communication with the sensor and configured to de-activate the hydraulic system in response to the sensor detecting the electric power take-off module is de-coupled from the body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The refuse vehicle of claim 1, wherein the electric power take-off module further includes a switch configured to be actuated by an operator of the refuse vehicle and activate the electric power take-off system in response to being actuated by the operator. ### Claim 8 A refuse vehicle comprising: a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels; a battery configured to provide electrical energy to drive at least one of the 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 coupled to the vehicle body, the electric power take-off system including: a motor configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and provide power to a hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery, a sensor configured to detect hydraulic pressure within the hydraulic system; and a controller configured to receive data indicative of the detected hydraulic pressure from the sensor, wherein the controller is further configured to determine if the hydraulic pressure is below a minimum threshold pressure and increase a speed of the motor in response to determining the hydraulic pressure is below the minimum threshold pressure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The refuse vehicle of claim 8, further comprising a user interface in communication with the controller, wherein the controller is configured to increase the speed of the motor in response to an input made on the user interface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The refuse vehicle of claim 8, further comprising a lifting system powered by the hydraulic system, wherein the controller is configured to increase the speed of the motor in response to activation of the lifting system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The refuse vehicle of claim 8, further comprising an operator detecting sensor in communication with the controller and configured to detect a person proximate the refuse vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to activate the hydraulic system in response to detecting the person proximate the refuse vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The refuse vehicle of claim 8, wherein the electric power take-off system further includes a switch configured to be actuated by an operator of the refuse vehicle and activate the electric power take-off system in response to being actuated by the operator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The refuse vehicle of claim 12, wherein the switch is located proximate the front of the body and is accessible from outside a cabin of the vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The refuse vehicle of claim 12, wherein the switch is located proximate the rear of the body and is accessible from outside a cabin of the vehicle. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: providing power to one or more components a system of a refuse vehicle, the refuse vehicle comprising: a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels; a battery; a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein; and an electric power take-off system coupled to the vehicle body, the electric power take-off system including: a motor configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and provide power to a hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery, and a controller communicably coupled to the motor; receiving, by the controller, power from the battery; causing, by the controller, the electric power-take off system to enter idle mode, detecting, by a sensor, a hydraulic pressure within the hydraulic system, receiving, by the controller, data indicative of the hydraulic pressure from the sensor; and causing, by the controller, an increase in a speed of the motor in response to determining the hydraulic pressure is below a minimum threshold pressure. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: receiving, by the controller, a user input from a user interface, and increasing, by the controller, the speed of the motor in response to receiving the user input. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the user input includes a request to activate a lifting mechanism. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: detecting, by the sensor, a second hydraulic pressure within the hydraulic system, receiving, by the controller, data indicative of the second hydraulic pressure from the sensor; and causing, by the controller, an increase in the speed of the motor in response to determining the hydraulic pressure is below a minimum working pressure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: receiving, from a switch configured to be actuated by an operator of the refuse vehicle, an indication that the switch has been actuated; and increasing, by the controller, the speed of the motor in response to receiving the indication that the switch has been actuated. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the switch is located proximate the front of the body and is accessible from outside a cabin of the vehicle.