Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a refuse container coupled to the chassis, a tractive assembly coupled to the chassis and configured to propel the refuse vehicle, and an electric energy system configured to provide electrical energy to drive the tractive assembly. In a first configuration, a first energy system is removably coupled to the chassis and configured to provide the electrical energy to the electric energy system and in a second configuration, the first energy system is removed from the chassis and replaced with a second energy system, the second energy system removably coupled to the chassis and configured to provide the electrical energy to the electric energy system.

Abstract: A wheel grid includes a crossbar configured to be coupled to a boom of a tow vehicle, the crossbar extending in a lateral direction from a centerline to a distal tip, and an L-arm rotatably coupled to the crossbar at a proximal end of the L-arm and configured to rotate about a rotation axis from an engaged position to a stowed position. As the L-arm rotates from the engaged position to the stowed position, the L-arm intersects with a line parallel to the rotation axis and passing through the distal tip of the crossbar. In the stowed position, an entirety of the L-arm is positioned closer than the distal tip of the crossbar to the centerline of the crossbar in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a vehicle body, a hydraulic system, a battery, and an electric power take-off system. The electric power take-off system includes an inverter electrically coupled to the battery, a motor electrically coupled to the inverter and configured to power the hydraulic system, a cooling circuit in thermal communication with the inverter, and a fluid pump configured to pump cooling fluid through the cooling circuit.

Abstract: A suspension assembly for a commercial vehicle includes a first linkage, an air spring, a carriage, and a second linkage. The first linkage is pivotally coupled at a first end with a structural member of a frame. The structural member extends downwards from the frame. The air spring is coupled with the frame and a second end of the first linkage. The air spring drives the first linkage to pivot about the first end relative to the structural member. The carriage is pivotally coupled with the first linkage at a position between the first end and the second end of the first linkage. The second linkage is pivotally coupled at a first end with the structural member, and pivotally coupled with the carriage at a second end. The structural member, the first linkage, the second linkage, and the carriage define a four-bar linkage.

Abstract: The hydraulic system includes a reservoir configured to store hydraulic fluid, an actuator, a first conduit coupling the reservoir to the actuator, a second conduit having a first end and a second end, a first valve positioned between the first end of the second conduit and the first conduit, a second valve positioned between the second end of the second conduit and the first conduit, and a pump configured to drive the hydraulic fluid from the reservoir to the actuator. The hydraulic fluid flows through the first conduit to the actuator when the first valve is in a first position. The hydraulic fluid flows partially through the first conduit, through the second conduit, back to the first conduit, and to the actuator when the first valve is in a second position.

Abstract: A cloud computing system for digital twinning a telehandler or a boom lift and a controller. The telehandler or boom lift may include a sensor, a device, and an electronic control system. The cloud computing system is configured to receive multiple datasets, including from at least one of the sensor, the device, or the electronic control system of the telehandler. The cloud computing system is also configured to generate a virtual telehandler or boom lift based on the datasets. The virtual telehandler or boom lift includes a visual representation of the telehandler or boom lift and the datasets. The controller is also configured to operate a display of a user device to provide the visual representation of the telehandler and one or more of the datasets to a user.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a door assembly. The body is supported by the chassis, and defines a driver compartment and a cargo compartment. The driver compartment has a cab opening and the cargo compartment has a cargo opening. The door assembly is coupled to the body and provides selective access into the driver compartment and into the cargo compartment through the cab opening and cargo opening, respectively. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door. The first door is movable between a first position extending across the cab opening and a second position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening. The second door is movable between a third position extending across the cargo opening and a fourth position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a refuse compartment supported by the chassis and defined by at least one of a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, or a bottom wall, and a packing assembly. The packing assembly includes a pack panel, a packing actuator coupled to the pack panel, wherein the packing actuator is configured to selectively move the pack panel between a retracted position and an extended position, and a scraper coupled with the pack panel along at least a portion of a perimeter of the pack panel and configured to be selectively repositionable relative to the pack panel, the scraper configured to engage with at least one of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, or the bottom wall.

Abstract: A concrete mixer vehicle includes a mixer drum, an additive admixture system, and a controller. The additive admixture system includes an air inlet valve, a fluid valve, an air valve, and a pump. The controller is configured to operate the additive admixture system to transition the additive admixture system between an additive addition mode, a drain mode, and a system clear mode. The controller transitions the additive admixture system into the additive addition mode and operates the pump until a desired amount of an additive is added to the mixer drum, transitions the additive admixture system into the drain mode for a predetermined amount of time in response to the desired amount of additive being added to the mixer drum, and transitions the additive admixture system into the system clear mode for a predetermined amount of time to clear stagnant fluid or built up mixture from the additive admixture system.

Abstract: A self-propelled cart which receives control signals from a remote electronic device. In some embodiments, the dumper includes a top portion and a lower portion, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion are rotatably coupled by a rotating member such that the top portion rotates independent of the base. In some embodiments, the top portion may rotate 360° about a vertical axis of the base. In one implementation, the dumper does not have a cab or onboard control station.

Abstract: A lift device includes a hydraulic actuator configured to move an implement relative to a chassis, an implement circuit including a first pump coupled to the hydraulic actuator, a charge circuit including a second pump configured to selectively provide a flow of pressurized fluid to the implement circuit, a valve assembly fluidly coupled to the implement circuit and the charge circuit, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: in a first mode of operation, control the valve assembly to direct the flow of pressurized fluid to the charge circuit; in a second mode of operation, control the valve assembly to divert the flow of pressurized fluid to the implement circuit; and reconfigure the lift device between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation in response to a command for the hydraulic actuator to at least one of move or reconfigure the implement.

Abstract: A vehicle system includes one or more processing circuits configured to monitor for one or more conditions regarding operation of a vehicle and limit a speed at which a driveline of the vehicle drives the vehicle based on the one or more conditions. The one or more conditions include at least one of (a) a tire chain condition indicated by tire chains being installed on wheels of the vehicle or an automatic tire chain system of the vehicle being deployed, (b) a hazard lights condition indicated by hazard lights of the vehicle being active, (c) an adverse weather condition indicated by windshield wipers of the vehicle being active, (d) a pre-operation check condition indicated by an operator of the vehicle failing to complete a vehicle inspection prior to departing, or (e) an approaching response vehicle condition indicated by a response vehicle approaching the vehicle in a response mode of operation.

Abstract: A deployable device system including a deployable device, a vehicle, and a control system. The deployable device includes a propulsive element coupled to the deployable device, a motor coupled to the deployable device and the propulsive element and configured to drive the propulsive element to propel the deployable device, and an indicator configured to provide one or more indications to an operator of an approaching vehicle. The vehicle is configured to transport the deployable device to a scene and deploy the deployable device. The control system is configured to control the motor to position the deployable device at a position along a perimeter established proximate the scene, and control the indicator to provide an indication.

Abstract: A drum control system includes one or more processing circuits having programed instructions to control a drum assembly to rotate a drum at a first, unmixed speed to mix drum contents received by the drum where the drum contents including ingredients of a concrete mixture, acquire drum contents data indicative of a property of the drum contents from a mixture sensor and monitor the property of the drum contents as the drum rotates, acquire a target property for the drum contents upon delivery, determine a second, mixed speed based at least partially on the target property, and control the drum assembly to rotate the drum at the second, mixed speed in response to determining that the property of the drum contents indicates that the ingredients have been sufficiently mixed.

Abstract: An equipment identification system for identifying and operating one or more machines at a site. The system includes one or more connectivity modules, each connectivity module communicatively and physically coupled to one of the one or more machines. The system also includes a user device configured to communicate with the one or more connectivity modules via a network connection. In response to a user selection on an application hosted on the user device, one or more of the machines are identified by one or both of an audible signal or a visual signal.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis including a wheel and an electric motor configured to receive electrical energy and provide power to the wheel to move the refuse vehicle, a body assembly coupled to the chassis and configured to store refuse, a tailgate movably coupled to the body assembly, and an energy storage device coupled to the tailgate and moveable therewith. The electric motor is configured to be powered by the energy storage device.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, an energy storage device, a body, a first electric power take-off system, and a second electric power take-off system. The energy storage device is supported by the chassis and is configured to provide electrical power to a prime mover. Activation of the prime mover selectively drives the refuse vehicle. The body is supported by the chassis. The first electric power take-off system is coupled to at least one of the body and the chassis, and includes a first motor that is configured to drive a first hydraulic pump to convert electrical power received from the energy storage device into hydraulic power. The second electric power take-off system is coupled to at least one of the body and the chassis, and includes a second motor that is configured to drive a second hydraulic pump to convert electrical power received from the energy storage device into hydraulic power.

Abstract: A lift device may include a chassis. A lift device may include a turntable coupled to the chassis, the turntable comprising an internal frame and an external body. A lift device may include a lift assembly coupled to the turntable, the lift assembly configured to raise or lower a platform coupled to the lift assembly, wherein the external body comprises a plurality of body panels removably coupled to the internal frame to substantially enclose the internal frame and form an internal cavity, and wherein at least one of the plurality of body panels is a front panel comprising a counterweight. The front panel may be selected from a plurality of front panels based on one or more characteristics of the lift device.

Abstract: A thermal monitor control system for a refuse vehicle includes a plurality of onboard devices including a first onboard device and a second onboard device, a plurality of sensors including a first sensor configured to collect a first data set and a second sensor configured to collect a second data, and a processing circuit configured to receive the first data set from the first sensor and the second data set from the second sensor, define a normal operating profile, receive a third data set from the first senor and a fourth data set from the second sensor, compare the third data set and the fourth data set to the normal operating profile, and cause the onboard messaging system to display the alert to the operator in response to determining that the third data set or the fourth data set differs from the normal operating profile.