US 11,703,956 B2
Joystick control system for refuse vehicles
Cody D. Clifton, Mapleton, MN (US); Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US); Joshua Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US); and Joseph Nelson, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,947.
Application 17/879,947 is a continuation of application No. 16/851,229, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,442,556.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,634, filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382388 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); B65F 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0338 (2013.01) [B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B65F 3/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joystick control system for a refuse vehicle, the system comprising:
a plurality of joystick input devices comprising:
a first group of joystick input devices, wherein the first group of joystick input devices are configured to operate an apparatus of the refuse vehicle when a selector switch is in a first position; and
a second group of joystick input devices, wherein the second group of joystick input devices are configured to operate the apparatus of the refuse vehicle when a selector switch is in a second position; and
a single controller configured to:
receive a user input from one or more of the plurality of joystick input devices;
identify which of the joystick input devices provide the user input;
generate control signals, in response to receiving the user input; and
provide the control signals to the one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle to operate the one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle according to the user input.