Electric grasping apparatus for refuse vehicle
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsWallace Buege, Martin Schimke, Joshua D. Rocholl, Jerrod Kappers, Andrew Kotloski
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Abstract
A fully-electric grabber assembly includes a first grabber arm, a second grabber arm, an electric motor, and a plurality of gears. The plurality of gears includes a first gear coupled with the electric motor, an intermediate gear coupled with the first gear, and an arm gear coupled with the first grabber arm and the intermediate gear to facilitate pivoting the first grabber arm. The first gear is configured to rotate about an axis radially offset from a center thereof.
Claims16
A fully-electric grabber assembly comprising:
- a first grabber arm;
- a second grabber arm;
- an electric motor;
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- a plurality of gears including:
- a first gear coupled with the electric motor, the first gear configured to rotate about an axis radially offset from a center thereof;
- an intermediate gear coupled with the first gear;
- an arm gear coupled with the first grabber arm and the intermediate gear to facilitate pivoting the first grabber arm;
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- at least one of (a) a first linkage extending between the center of the first gear and a center of the intermediate gear or (b) a second linkage extending between the center of the intermediate gear and a center of the arm gear.
A fully-electric grabber assembly for a refuse vehicle, the fully-electric grabber assembly comprising:
- a carriage;
- a first grabber arm rotatably coupled with the carriage;
- a second grabber arm rotatably coupled with the carriage;
- an electric climb system configured to move the fully-electric grabber assembly relative to the refuse vehicle;
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- an electric gripping system including:
- an electric motor;
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- a gear train coupling the electric motor to the first grabber arm to facilitate pivoting the first grabber arm, the gear train including:
- a first gear rotatably coupled with the carriage about an axis radially offset from a center of the first gear, the first gear driven by the electric motor;
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- a pair of second gears coupling the first gear to the first grabber arm;
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- at least one of (a) a linkage extending between the center of the first gear and a center of a second gear of the pair of second gears or (b) a linkage extending between centers of the pair of second gears.
A grabber assembly comprising:
- a grabber arm;
- an actuator;
- a first gear driven by the actuator, the first gear rotatable about an axis radially offset from a center thereof;
- an intermediate gear coupled with the first gear;
- an arm gear coupled with the grabber arm and the intermediate gear to facilitate pivoting the grabber arm;
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- at least one of (a) a first linkage extending between the center of the first gear and a center of the intermediate gear or (b) a second linkage extending between the center of the intermediate gear and a center of the arm gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.