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US 12,637,161 B2Granted
Methods and devices for assembling refuse vehicles
AssigneeThe Heil Co.
InventorsMark Fraas, Malatesh Patil, Eric Dale Hughes
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Abstract
A method of assembling a refuse vehicle includes coupling body sub-assemblies to one another on a chassis after the sub-assemblies are painted. The body sub-assemblies are assembled from refuse vehicle body components. Each body sub-assembly is painted independent of other body sub-assemblies. After the body sub-assemblies are painted, the painted body sub-assemblies are assembled to one another on the chassis to provide a painted body of the refuse vehicle.
Claims20
A method of assembling a refuse vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining a chassis and a plurality of refuse vehicle body components;
- assembling a plurality of body sub-assemblies from the plurality of refuse vehicle body components, wherein at least one body sub-assembly of the plurality of body sub-assemblies comprises a mounting system configured to mount a refuse vehicle body to a frame, and wherein at least two refuse vehicle body components of the plurality of refuse vehicle body components are a track and a first plate fixed to the chassis;
- painting each body sub-assembly independent of other body sub-assemblies in the plurality of body sub-assemblies;
- and
- after painting, assembling the plurality of painted body sub-assemblies to one another on the chassis to provide a painted body of the refuse vehicle.
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A method of assembling a refuse vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining a chassis and a plurality of refuse vehicle body components;
- assembling a plurality of body sub-assemblies from the plurality of refuse vehicle body components, wherein at least one body sub-assembly of the plurality of body sub-assemblies comprises a washout tank, and wherein at least one refuse vehicle body component of the plurality of refuse vehicle body components is a tank mounting system comprising one or more straps configured to secure the washout tank;
- painting each body sub-assembly independent of other body sub-assemblies in the plurality of body sub-assemblies;
- and
- after painting, assembling the plurality of painted body sub-assemblies to one another on the chassis to provide a painted body of the refuse vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.