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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Brulo, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Guido Ritelli, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Jihong Hao, Greencastle, PA (US);

Assignee:

Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/065 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B60P 1/54 (2006.01); B60P 1/64 (2006.01); B66F 9/18 (2006.01); H02S 20/10 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 9/0655 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B60P 1/5466 (2013.01); B60P 1/6472 (2013.01); B66F 9/18 (2013.01); H02S 20/10 (2014.12); H02S 20/32 (2014.12);
Abstract

A solar panel installation machine includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a plurality of tractive elements coupled the chassis, a boom coupled to the body, and an implement coupled to an end of the boom. The implement includes a track, a robotic arm coupled to and translatable along the track, the robotic arm including a plurality of linkages, and a grabber assembly coupled to the robotic arm, the grabber assembly configured to selectively engage with and facilitate picking up a solar panel to provide the solar panel to an installation location where the respective solar panel can be secured to a solar panel support.


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