REFUSE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20080109131A1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Published: 05/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
• Original Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
• Inventors: Woolman, William, Pillar, Duane
• Granted Patent: US 7,725,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 2003/003 Footboards
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 3/00 Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse vehicles in general B60; driving vehicle equipment or auxiliaries B60K; discharging contents by tilting entire vehicles B65G; wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F7/10
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 3/001 for segregated refuse collecting, e.g. vehicles with several compartments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor

Abstract

A refuse vehicle is disclosed that includes a control system which comprises a plurality of microprocessor based interface modules, a communication network, and at least one output device. The control system is configured to disable the output device based on certain conditions of the refuse vehicle.

Claims

1. A refuse vehicle comprising:

a transmission; and

a control system which comprises;

a plurality of microprocessor based interface modules;

a communication network configured to interconnect the plurality of interface modules; and

at least one output device;

wherein the control system is configured to disable the output device when the transmission is in gear.