E-axle mass estimation system for refuse vehicle
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorJeff Verhagen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A refuse vehicle including a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, an electronic drive system coupled to the body assembly, and a controller communicably coupled to the electronic drive system. The controller is configured to receive a first triggering signal indicative of the refuse vehicle engaging a refuse container; receive, responsive to the first triggering signal, a first signal from the electronic drive system; and determine, based on the first signal, a mass of refuse contained in the refuse vehicle.
Claims20
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body assembly coupled to the chassis;
- an electronic drive system coupled to the body assembly;
- and
- a controller communicably coupled to the electronic drive system, the controller configured to:
- receive a first triggering signal indicative of the refuse vehicle engaging a refuse container;
- receive, responsive to the first triggering signal, a first signal from the electronic drive system;
- and
- determine, based on the first signal, a mass of refuse contained in the refuse vehicle.
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body assembly coupled to the chassis;
- an electronic drive system coupled to the body assembly;
- and
- a controller communicably coupled to the electronic drive system, the controller configured to:
- receive a first triggering signal indicative of a first operation of the refuse vehicle;
- receive, responsive to the first triggering signal, a first signal from the electronic drive system;
- receive a second triggering signal indicative of a second operation of the refuse vehicle different from the first operation;
- receive, responsive to the second triggering signal, a second signal from the electronic drive system;
- and
- determine, based on the first signal and the second signal, a mass of refuse contained in the refuse vehicle.
A method for determining a mass of refuse, the method comprising:
- receiving a triggering signal indicative of a refuse collection operation of a refuse vehicle;
- receiving a signal indicative of an electronic drive system dynamics metric from an electronic drive system of the refuse vehicle responsive to the triggering signal;
- and
- determining a mass of refuse contained within the refuse vehicle, based on the electronic drive system dynamics metric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.