Systems and methods for operating an actuator of a refuse vehicle
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsCole Adams, Chris Rukas, Wesley Van Pelt
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Abstract
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a lift apparatus coupled to at least one of the chassis or the body and configured to collect refuse and one or more processing circuits. The one or more processing circuits are configured to operate the actuator with a first speed, acquire position data corresponding to a position of the movable body, and responsive to the position of the movable body being within a derating range, operate the actuator with a second speed, the second speed slower than the first speed.
Claims20
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body assembly coupled to the chassis;
- a lift apparatus coupled to at least one of the chassis or the body assembly, the lift apparatus comprising:
- a movable body;
- and
- an actuator configured to move the movable body between a first position and a second position relative to the chassis;
- and
- one or more processing circuits configured to:
- operate the actuator with a first speed;
- acquire position data corresponding to a position of the movable body;
- and
- responsive to the position of the movable body being within a derating range, operate the actuator with a second speed that is slower than the first speed.
A refuse vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body assembly coupled to the chassis;
- a lift apparatus coupled to at least one of the chassis or the body assembly, the lift apparatus comprising:
- a movable body;
- and
- an actuator configured to move the movable body between a first position and a second position;
- and
- one or more processing circuits configured to:
- operate the actuator at a first speed;
- acquire position data corresponding to a position of the movable body between the first position and the second position;
- determine, based on the position of the movable body, a derating factor for the actuator;
- determine, based on the first speed and the derating factor, a second speed for the actuator;
- and
- operate the actuator at the second speed.
A method of operating an actuator of a refuse vehicle, the method comprising:
- operating the actuator at a first speed to move a movable body relative to a chassis of the refuse vehicle between a first position and a second position;
- acquiring position data corresponding to a position of the movable body;
- and
- responsive to the position of the movable body being within a derating range, operating the actuator at a second speed, the second speed slower than the first speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.