Vehicle with marker lights for charging status
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsAmanda Miller, Jeffrey Koga, Jerry SHIRLEY, Troy Herman, Jeff Verhagen, Jon Branson
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Abstract
A refuse vehicle includes a battery configured to power the refuse vehicle, a light, and a controller electrically coupled to the battery and the light. The controller includes one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to control the light to provide a safety function and/or provide visibility to a user of the refuse vehicle when the refuse vehicle is in active operation and to control the light to indicate a charge status of the battery when the refuse vehicle is not in active operation.
Claims20
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a battery configured to power the refuse vehicle;
- a light;
- and
- a controller electrically coupled to the battery and the light, the controller comprising one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to:
- control the light to provide a safety function and/or provide visibility to a user of the refuse vehicle when the refuse vehicle is in active operation;
- and
- control the light to indicate a charge status of the battery when the refuse vehicle is not in active operation.
A vehicle comprising:
- a battery configured to power the vehicle;
- one or more lights;
- and
- a controller electrically coupled to the battery and the lights, the controller comprising one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to:
- control the lights to indicate a charge status of the vehicle.
A method of operating a battery-powered vehicle having a battery and a plurality of lights configured to provide safety functions and/or provide visibility to a user of the vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining a charge status of the battery;
- and
- controlling the lights to indicate the charge status of the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.