Body tie-down

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12358718-B2
Application number	US-202217971992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2022
Priority date	Oct 25, 2021
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis having a chassis frame member, a refuse collection body having a body frame member, and a battery mounted to the chassis frame member, and a body tie-down assembly. The body tie-down assembly includes a chassis mounting member, a body mounting member, a spring assembly, and a retainer plate. The body mounting member has brackets that define a cavity and retaining slots. The top member of the chassis mounting member may be received within the cavity defined by the brackets. The spring assembly includes a spring, a bolt, and a nut. The retainer plate includes a slot. The bolt further extends through a top member of the chassis mounting member and the slot of the retainer plate and receives the nut. The bolt is received within the retaining slots during removal of the bolt to prohibit the bolt from coming in contact with the battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis having a chassis frame member;
a refuse collection body having a body frame member;
a battery mounted to the chassis frame member; and
a body tie-down assembly, comprising:
a chassis mounting member having a top member defining at least one aperture, the chassis mounting member coupled to the chassis frame member;
a body mounting member coupled to the body frame member, the body mounting member further comprising brackets, the brackets defining a cavity and one or more retaining slots, wherein the top member of the chassis mounting member is received within the cavity;
a spring assembly comprising a spring having a spring cavity, a bolt, and a nut, wherein the bolt extends through the spring cavity; and
a retainer plate having a slot and a mounting surface, the mounting surface of the retainer plate corresponding to the retaining slots of the brackets;

wherein the bolt further extends through the top member of the chassis mounting member and the slot of the retainer plate and receives the nut to secure the chassis mounting member to the body mounting member, and wherein the bolt is received within the one or more retaining slots during removal of the bolt to prohibit the bolt from coming in contact with the battery.

2. The refuse vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the chassis mounting member includes a second cavity, a bottom member, and a gusset, the gusset mounted within the second cavity and extending from the top member towards the bottom member.

3. The refuse vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the chassis mounting member is arranged between the chassis frame member and the battery.

4. The refuse vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the chassis mounting member further comprises a sidewall extending vertically, the battery is engaged against an edge of the sidewall.

5. The refuse vehicle of claim 1 ,
wherein the chassis mounting member is arranged between the battery and the chassis frame member.

6. The refuse vehicle of claim 1 , wherein rotation of the nut in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction modifies a spring tension to adjust a spring force applied between the body mounting member and the chassis mounting member.

7. The refuse vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the brackets comprise an aperture and an indicator positioned inward the aperture, wherein the spring assembly is repositionable between a tension position and a pre-tension position, and wherein the indicator is aligned with the aperture when the spring assembly is in the pre-tension position.

8. The refuse vehicle of claim 1 , wherein rotation of the nut compresses the spring assembly in order to achieve a desired spring pre-tension to suspend the refuse collection body relative to the chassis.

9. The refuse vehicle of claim 1 , wherein tightening of the nut on the bolt causes the retainer plate to interlock with the brackets of the body mounting member and the top member of the chassis mounting member.

10. A tie down, comprising:
a chassis mounting member having a top member defining at least one aperture;
a body mounting member comprising brackets, the brackets defining a cavity and one or more retaining slots, wherein the top member of the chassis mounting member is received within the cavity; and
a spring assembly comprising a spring having a spring cavity, a bolt, and a nut, wherein the bolt extends through the spring cavity, the spring assembly reconfigurable to modify a spring force applied between the body mounting member and the chassis mounting member;
wherein rotation of the nut compresses the spring assembly in order to achieve a desired spring pre-tension to suspend a vehicle body relative to a vehicle frame, and wherein the bolt is received within the one or more retaining slots during removal of the bolt to prohibit the bolt from coming in contact with the body mounting member.

11. The tie down of claim 10 , further comprising a retainer plate having a slot and a mounting surface, the mounting surface of the retainer plate corresponding to the retaining slots of the brackets.

12. The tie down of claim 11 , wherein tightening of the nuts on the bolts causes a retainer plate to interlock with the brackets of the body mounting member and the top member of the frame mounting member.

13. The tie down of claim 11 , wherein the bolt further extends through the top member of the chassis mounting member and the slot of the retainer plate and receives the nut to secure the chassis mounting member to the body mounting member.

14. The tie down of claim 10 , wherein the brackets comprise an aperture and an indicator positioned inward the aperture, wherein the spring assembly is repositionable between a tension position and a pre-tension position, and wherein the indicator is aligned with the aperture when the spring assembly is in the pre-tension position.

15. The tie down of claim 10 , wherein the chassis mounting member includes a cavity, a bottom member, and a gusset, the gusset mounted within the cavity and extending from a top member towards the bottom member.

16. The tie down of claim 15 , wherein the chassis mounting member is coupled to a chassis frame member of a vehicle and arranged between the chassis frame member and a battery.

17. A vehicle comprising:
a chassis having a chassis frame member;
a body having a body frame member;
a battery mounted to the chassis frame member; and
a body tie-down assembly, comprising:
a chassis mounting member coupled to the chassis frame member, the chassis mounting member comprising a sidewall extending vertically from the chassis mounting member, wherein an edge of the sidewall engages the battery;
a body mounting member coupled to the body frame member, the body mounting member further comprising brackets that define one or more retaining slots;
a retainer plate having a slot and a mounting surface, the mounting surface of the retainer plate corresponding to the retaining slots of the brackets; and
a spacer positioned between the body mounting member and the retainer plate, the spacer configured to define a clearance between the body mounting member and the retainer plate;

wherein, upon removal of a bolt positioned through the slot of the retainer plate, the bolt is positioned angularly within the clearance relative to prohibit the bolt from engaging the battery.

18. The vehicle of claim 17 , wherein the brackets comprise an aperture and an indicator positioned inward the aperture, wherein a spring assembly is repositionable between a tension position and a pre-tension position, and wherein the indicator is aligned with the aperture when the spring assembly is in the pre-tension position.

19. The vehicle of claim 17 ,
wherein the chassis mounting member is arranged between the battery and the chassis frame member.

Assignees

• Oshkosh Corp

Inventors

• Gary Logan
• WENTE Derek
• Wallin Jacob
• Kappers Jerrod

Classifications

• B65F2003/0279

  the discharging means mounted at the front of the vehicle · CPC title

• B65F2003/0269

  capable of moving along the side of the vehicle · CPC title

• B65F3/02 Primary

  with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto (conveyor construction B65G; loaders separate from vehicles B66F; fluid power control systems in general F15B) · CPC title